Long-term remissions of young patients with high-risk follicular lymphoma after first-line autologous stem cell transplantation : Three case reports

RATIONALE: Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is not routinely recommended as first-line choice for follicular lymphoma (FL). However, we actually have observed that young patients with extremely high-risk factors benefit from ASCT. This study aims to speculate the rationality of ASCT as first-line treatment, through 3 cases and review of the literature.

PATIENT CONCERNS: 3 young-adult patients with FL received ASCT as first-line treatment.

DIAGNOSIS: All the 3 patients were no more than 30 years old and the diagnosis of FL was confirmed by histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluations. They all had multi-organ involvements, and two of them presented with a "leukemic-like" manifestation. Compared with those in the previous literatures, the 3 patients were relatively younger and had more invasive clinical features.

INTERVENTIONS: The 3 patients received combined chemotherapy plus rituximab, followed by first-line ASCT.

OUTCOMES: All the 3 patients got complete remission and minimal residual disease negativity after ASCT, The median follow-up time was 109 (97-117) months, and all of them were in remission more than 8 years after transplant.

LESSONS: Guidelines for FL are mainly based on elderly patients, but are not suitable enough for all, especially for the young FL patients. For young patients with certain high-risk FL, first-line ASCT does not go against the guidelines, and should be recommended individually.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

Medicine - 99(2020), 22 vom: 29. Mai, Seite e20395

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lyu, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tingyu [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Dehui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Shuhua [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wenyang [VerfasserIn]
An, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zengjun [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Lugui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4F4X42SYQ6
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Case Reports
Journal Article
Rituximab

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Date Completed 06.07.2020

Date Revised 19.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MD.0000000000020395

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310618339