Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma: Novel Precision Therapies and Future Directions

Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is a distinct clinicopathologic disease from other types of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with unique prognostic features and limited availability of clinical data. The current standard treatment for newly diagnosed PMBCL has long been dependent on a dose-intensive, dose-adjusted multi-agent chemotherapy regimen of rituximab plus etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin (DA-R-EPOCH). Recent randomized trials have provided evidence that R-CHOP followed by consolidation radiotherapy (RT) is a valuable alternative option to first-line treatment. For recurrent/refractory PMBCL (rrPMBCL), new drugs such as pembrolizumab and CAR-T cell therapy have proven to be effective in a few studies. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is the preferred imaging modality of choice for the initial phase of lymphoma treatment and to assess response to treatment. In the future, baseline quantitative PET-CT can be used to predict prognosis in PMBCL. This review focuses on the pathology of PMBCL, underlying molecular basis, treatment options, radiotherapy, targeted therapies, and the potential role of PET-CT to guide treatment choices in this disease..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in Oncology - 11(2021)

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huan Chen [VerfasserIn]
Tao Pan [VerfasserIn]
Tao Pan [VerfasserIn]
Yizi He [VerfasserIn]
Ruolan Zeng [VerfasserIn]
Yajun Li [VerfasserIn]
Liming Yi [VerfasserIn]
Hui Zang [VerfasserIn]
Siwei Chen [VerfasserIn]
Qintong Duan [VerfasserIn]
Ling Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Hui Zhou [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemotherapy
Mediastinal radiation
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography
Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
Targeted therapy

doi:

10.3389/fonc.2021.654854

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DOAJ069084572