Zhang L, Huang H, Wang Z, et al. - Researchers retrospectively studied elderly patients (aged > 60 years) with primary intestinal diffuse large B cell lymphoma (PI-DLBCL) with the aim to determine the efficacy of different treatment strategies and prognostic factors for these elderly patients.

• Among 46 untreated elderly patients included in this study, 24 were treated with surgery (prior to chemotherapy) plus chemotherapy (SCT) and the other 22 received chemotherapy alone.

• Better outcomes for event-free survival, but not overall survival, were recorded among those who received surgery plus chemotherapy when compared with those receiving chemotherapy alone.