Recent approval of several novel agents has dramatically improved outcomes for patients with relapsed and refractory (R/R) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blinatumomab, a bi-specific T-cell engager targeted to CD3 and CD19, inotuzumab ozogamicin (InO), an antibody-drug conjugate to CD22, and tisagenlecleucel, a CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell with a 4-1BB costimulatory domain, have all demonstrated impressive response rates in R/R B-ALL as compared to historic controls. However, important considerations when choosing among these novel agents include clinical features that may impact efficacy, such as relative disease burden, antigen expression, and T-cell function, as well as patient and disease characteristics that may contribute to risk of toxicity. In addition, suitability of the patient for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) as well as patient preference must also be considered. This review will focus on factors to weigh when choosing an agent in the setting of R/R disease and important challenges moving forward.
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8Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung.
Objective: This study focuses on epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated lung adenocarcinoma, known for frequent brain metastasis. It aimed to compare the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of combining Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) (GKRS+TKI group) versus TKIs alone (TKI group) for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed brain metastasis in this condition.
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13Department of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Shimane, Japan.
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