Abstract
The aim of the study was to evaluate angiogenesis in different subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and to correlate angiogenic scores to clinical endpoints. Pre-therapeutic lymph node biopsies from 308 patients with NHL [107 follicular B-cell lymphoma (FL), 94 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), 107 peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL)] were studied. Microvessels were scored according to the Chalkley and microvessel density method (MVD) methods. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. Both Chalkley and MVD methods showed, that the lymphoma subtypes differed significantly in angiogenic scores (P < 0.001). Angiogenic scores in tumor area were highest in PTCL, and lowest in FL. However, a remarkable high microvessel density was found in interfollicular areas of FL. In FL, high interfollicular MVD scores predicted progressive disease and poorer overall and event-free survival (P = 0.024 and 0.013). High interfollicular Chalkley scores correlated with transformation to DLBCL (P = 0.01). VEGF expression was detected in all NHL subtype, and the strongest expression was found in PTCL. In FL, patients with diffuse VEGF expression in lymphoma cells had poorer overall survival than those with focal expression.
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