Table 3

Clinical characteristics of anaplastic large cell lymphoma of different sites of origin

Lymph node
ALK positive (n = 18)ALK negative (n = 30) Skin (n = 10)Gastrointestinal tract (n = 13)Nose (n = 5)p Value
*As determined by the Kruskal-Wallis test; **as determined by the log rank test; ***as estimated from the Kaplan Meier curve.
Median age (range)25 (2–69)53.5 (13–82) 52 (31–80)62 (22–80)76 (39–86)0.003*
Died of disease 218 0 9 30.0003**
Five year survival (%)903510030 00.0003***