Table 4 Comparison of relapse rates and disease backgrounds between patients with recurrent positive plasma EBV-DNA and other patients a
Plasma EBV-DNA recurrently/persisitantly positive(n = 27) | Plasma EBV-DNA persistently negative(n = 23) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Relapse/refractory(n = 24) | 23(85.2%) | 1(4.3%) | <0.001 |
Sustained remission (n = 26) | 4(14.8%) | 22(95.7%) | |
Disease background | |||
EBV-HLH(n = 41) | 18(43.9%) | 23(56.1%) | 0.002 |
EBV-positive-lymphoma-HLH(n = 9) | 9(100%) | 0(0%) |