Table 2

Summary of available data in the literature on gastric low grade mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma series (H pylori positive patients) and their outcome after H pylori eradication

Reference	Year	n	Initial stage^2-150	Local staging procedures	Initial histological score^2-160	Time to achieve remission (months) (median (range))	Complete remission rate % (n)	Period of follow up after remission (months) (median (range))	Relapses (n)
Savioet al ⁶	1996	12	I_E	CT	4–5	3 (2–4)	84 (11)	24 (14–36)	0
Neubaueret al 7 ^2-a	1997	50	I_E	CT± EUS	5	4 (0.5–8.5)	80 (40)	15 (0–40)	5
Pinottiet al 9 ^2-b	1997	45	I_E	CT	5	5 (3–18)	68 (30)	23 (2–66)	2
Montalbanet al 8	1997	9	I_E	CT	5	7 (5–7))	88 (8)	14 (7–22)	?
Nobre Leitaoet al 10	1998	17	I_E	CT+EUS	4–5	2 (1–12)	100 (17)	12 (2–39)	1
Steinbachet al 11	1999	28	I_E+ II_E	CT or EUS	5	(3–45)	50 (14)	(>18)	0
		23	I_E				56 (13)
Present study	2000	34	I_E + II_E1	CT+ EUS	5	6 (2–18)	56 (19)	23 (8–44)	2
		24	I_E				79 (19)

↵2-a Follow up study by Bayerdörfferet al 1995: 33 cases reported.4
↵2-b Follow up study by Roggero et al 1995.5
n, number of cases; CT, abdominal computed tomography; EUS, gastric echographic ultrasonography.
↵2-150 Ann Arbor staging system;
↵2-160 histological score by Wotherspoonet al.2