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ReviewBritish journal of haematology2019

Biology and therapy of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: current status and future directions.

Charlotte Lees, Colm Keane, Maher K Gandhi, Jay Gunawardana

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Review in British journal of haematology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Heterogeneity in primary gastrointestinal DLBCL: from clinical management to molecular mechanisms and treatment strategies.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  10. [Progress in treatment of primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma].Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi · 2024
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  13. Thinking Outside the Box in Mediastinal Lymphoma Management.Clinical hematology international · 2023
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  20. Age-Related Disease Risks in Younger versus Older B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivors.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charlotte LeesBlood Cancer Research Group, Mater Research, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Colm KeaneBlood Cancer Research Group, Mater Research, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9009-9934
Maher K GandhiBlood Cancer Research Group, Mater Research, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1000-5393
Jay GunawardanaBlood Cancer Research Group, Mater Research, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2695-3849
Translational Research Institute · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is a distinct disease closely related to classical nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma. Conventional diagnostic paradigms utilising clinical, morphological and immunophenotypical features can be challenging due to overlapping features with other B-cell lymphomas. Reliable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers that are applicable to the conventional diagnostic laboratory are largely lacking. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK-STAT) signalling pathways are characteristically dysregulated in PMBCL and implicated in several aspects of disease pathogenesis, and the latter pathway in host immune evasion. The tumour microenvironment is manipulated by PMBCL tumours to avoid T-cell mediated destruction via strategies that include loss of tumour cell antigenicity, T-cell exhaustion and activation of suppressive T-regulatory cells. R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone) and DA-EPOCH-R (dose-adjusted etoposide, prednisolone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, rituximab) are the most common first-line immunochemotherapy regimens. End of treatment positron emission tomography scans are the recommended imaging modality and are being evaluated to stratify patients for radiotherapy. Relapsed/refractory disease has a relatively poor outcome despite salvage immunochemotherapy and subsequent autologous stem cell transplantation. Novel therapies are therefore being developed for treatment-resistant disease, targeting aberrant cellular signalling and immune evasion.

Indexed as

AdultAntigens, NeoplasmClonal AnergyFemaleHumansImmunotherapyJanus KinasesLymphoma, B-CellMaleMediastinal NeoplasmsMiddle AgedNF-kappa BSignal TransductionSTAT Transcription FactorsT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentAntigens, NeoplasmJanus KinasesNF-kappa BSTAT Transcription Factorshaematological oncologymalignant lymphomasnon-Hodgkin lymphomatumour biologytumour immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID30740662
PMCPMC6594147
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