Table 5. Standard Treatment Options for High-Stage B-cell NHL
| Stratum | Disease Manifestations | Treatment | |
| ALL = acute lymphoblastic leukemia; BFM = Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster; CNS = central nervous system; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase; NHL= non-Hodgkin lymphoma. | |||
| FAB/LMB-96 International Study COG-C5961 (FAB/LMB-96) [2,3] | B | Multiple extra-abdominal sites | Prephase + four cycles of chemotherapy (reduced intensity arm) [2] |
| Nonresected stage I and II, III, IV | |||
| Marrow <25% blasts | |||
| No CNS disease | |||
| C | Mature B-cell ALL (>25% blasts in marrow) and/or CNS disease | Prephase + eight cycles of chemotherapy (full intensity arm) [3] | |
| BFM Group [1,5] | R2 | Nonresected stage I/II and stage III with LDH <500 IU/L | Prephase + four cycles of chemotherapy (4 h methotrexate infusion) [1] |
| R3 | Stage III with LDH 500–999 IU/L | Prephase + five cycles of chemotherapy (24 h methotrexate infusion) [1] | |
| Stage IV, B-cell ALL (>25% blasts) and LDH <1,000 IU/L | |||
| No CNS disease | |||
| R4 | Stage III, IV, B-cell ALL with LDH >1,000 IU/L | Prephase + six cycles of chemotherapy (24 h methotrexate infusion) [1] | |
| Any CNS disease | |||
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