A phase II study of bisantrene in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Objectives: To determine the current role of bisantrene, an anthracene with anthracycline-like activity which was shown in earlier studies to be effective therapy in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia with no discernible cardiotoxicity, in the treatment of patients with R/R AML.

Methods: This phase 2, single-center study (NCT03820908) enrolled adult R/R AML to receive bisantrene (250 mg/m daily for 7 days) which was administered via an intravenous infusion over 2 hours on days 1-7. Disease assessment included routine blood work and bone marrow studies.

Progression of disease within 24 months of initial therapy (POD24) detected incidentally in imaging does not necessarily indicate worse outcome.

Progression of disease within 24 months of initial therapy (POD24) has previously been identified as a predictor of reduced overall survival (OS) for patients with follicular lymphoma (FL). Here we attempt to validate this finding in a retrospective cohort and understand whether the method by which progression is determined, clinically or radiographically, influences POD24 robustness. We reviewed records of 635 patients with FL and included 317 patients in our analysis.

PET/CT in Disease Detection and Follow-up of Subcutaneous Involvement in Marginal Zone Lymphoma.

Background: The value of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the staging and assessment of treatment response in marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) lymphomas remains controversial. We investigated radiologic characteristics of subcutaneous MZL as imaged on PET/CT scans.

Patients And Methods: From the records of a single medical center, for the years 2008 and 2017, we identified subcutaneous lesions in PET/CT scans of patients with histopathologically confirmed MZL in sites other than subcutaneous tissue.

Efficacy of Gemcitabine as Salvage Therapy for Relapsed and Refractory Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Gemcitabine-based salvage therapy is considered an effective treatment for relapsed and refractory Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). We analyzed the outcome of 41 consecutive NHL patients treated with gemcitabine-based regimens between January 2007 and October 2015. Twenty-eight males and 13 females (median age 66.