First-line therapy for patients with extranodal marginal zone lymphoma (EMZL) is not well established, except for eradication therapy for Helicobacter pylori in early gastric MZL. Various regimens, for example, locoregional treatment and systemic chemo-immunotherapy, can be used depending on the site and stage of disease. Single-agent rituximab is a useful approach in the setting of localized, low-intermediate risk EMZL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPoor literature report actual and detailed costs of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell pathway in a real-life setting. We retrospectively collect data for all patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive large B-cell lymphoma who underwent leukapheresis between August 2019 and August 2022. All costs and medical resource consumption accountability were calculated on an intention-to-treat (ITT) basis, starting from leukapheresis to the time when the patient (infused or not) exited the CAR T-cell pathway for any reason.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Intensive treatment approaches are required for adult patients with Burkitt lymphoma (BL), although an univocal standard of care still does not exist. The use of frontline autologous stem cells transplantation (ASCT) is debated.
Patients And Methods: Between 2004 and 2020, 50 patients with BL were treated with the Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM).
An endobronchial localization of Hodgkin lymphoma is rare, and few experiences since the 1900s have been reported in the literature. Here we report the first case of a relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma with a critical vegetative mass at the level of the trachea successfully treated with pembrolizumab.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe follow-up of the pivotal trial and large case series reports of a proportion of patients, between 5% and 9%, with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma failing autologous stem cell transplantation and treated with brentuximab vedotin, achieving and maintaining long lasting complete responses with no further treatment. Very long-term data on the outcomes of such patients are indeed underreported. Our institutional experience with patients meeting these characteristics and in continuous complete response for more than 5 years after brentuximab vedotin was reviewed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is an unmet clinical need for elderly or unfit diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients ineligible for autologous stem cell transplantation. Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory agent with antitumor activity in non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with an acceptable toxicity profile and manageable side effects. A 79-year-old Caucasian male with non-germinal center B-cell-like DLBCL achieved complete remission (CR) after first-line treatment with seven out of eight scheduled cycles of a polychemotherapy containing anthracycline, which had to be discontinued early due to the onset of atrial fibrillation.
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