The evolving landscape of COVID-19 and post-COVID condition in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A study by ERIC, the European research initiative on CLL.

In this retrospective international multicenter study, we describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and related disorders (small lymphocytic lymphoma and high-count monoclonal B lymphocytosis) infected by SARS-CoV-2, including the development of post-COVID condition. Data from 1540 patients with CLL infected by SARS-CoV-2 from January 2020 to May 2022 were included in the analysis and assigned to four phases based on cases disposition and SARS-CoV-2 variants emergence. Post-COVID condition was defined according to the WHO criteria.

Real world data on light chain cardiac amyloidosis: Still a delayed diagnosis.

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) represents a myocardial disorder developed by fibril deposition of a heterogeneous group of misfolding proteins. Despite being rare, a high clinical index of suspicion and novel advanced diagnostic methods seem to facilitate its early recognition. Currently nine types of cardiac amyloidosis have been described with AL and ATTR being the most common.

A novel quantitative method for assessing the therapeutic response to Tafamidis therapy in patients with cardiac TTR amyloidosis. A preliminary report.

Objective: Cardiomyopathy is a common manifestation of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), leading to heart failure, associated with high morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Tafamidis treatment by means of cardiac radiotracer uptake on myocardial scintigraphy.

Subjects And Methods: Five male patients, mean age 76.

Bing-Neel Syndrome: Real-Life Experience in Personalized Diagnostic Approach and Treatment.

The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare extramedullary manifestation of the disease known as Bing-Neel syndrome (BNS). To expand our understanding of this disease manifestation, we conducted a retrospective analysis of the incidence of BNS in 86 consecutive patients with WM [70% male, median age 65 years (range 33-86)] seen in our center during a 30-year period. Six patients (7%) from this group were diagnosed with BNS.

COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be more susceptible to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to age, disease, and treatment-related immunosuppression. We aimed to assess risk factors of outcome and elucidate the impact of CLL-directed treatments on the course of COVID-19. We conducted a retrospective, international study, collectively including 941 patients with CLL and confirmed COVID-19.

Real-life experience with the combination of polatuzumab vedotin, rituximab, and bendamustine in aggressive B-cell lymphomas.

Transplant-ineligible relapsed/refractory (rr) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients represent an unmet medical need. Polatuzumab vedotin (Pola), an anti-CD79b antibody-drug-conjugate (ADG), with bendamustine- rituximab(BR) has recently gained approval for these patients, both in the USA and Europe, based on the GO29365 phase IIb trial. Real-life data with Pola are extremely limited.

[Role of loco-regional treatments for patients with breast cancer liver metastases].

Breast cancer liver metastases (BCLM) are not uncommon (about 18% of cases): although some patients have been reported as still living after 25 months, median survival after hormonal- or chemotherapy is 6-14 months. In recent years, new chemotherapy regimens and molecular targeted therapies have given medical oncologists reason to believe that metastatic disease can be eradicated, or at least controlled for prolonged periods. In an attempt to improve survival, consideration has also been given to loco-regional treatments such as hepatic resection and radio-frequency ablation, which have been associated with better outcomes in selected patients.