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ReviewBlood2025

How I treat older patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Danielle S Wallace, Kah Poh Loh, Carla Casulo

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Review in Blood, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  17. Poor outcome of older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after progression.Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH · 2025
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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

3 authors.

Danielle S WallaceDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.ORCID 0000-0001-9371-6777
Kah Poh LohDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.ORCID 0000-0002-6978-0418
Carla CasuloDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.ORCID 0000-0003-4998-9932

Funding

A novel mobile health exercise intervention for older patients with myeloid neoplasmsR00CA237744 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI LOH, KAH POH · 2021 to 2023
$747k
Epigenetic markers, functional status, and exercise in older adults with myeloid neoplasmsR03AG073985 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI LOH, KAH POH · 2022 to 2023
$308k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA237744NIA NIH HHS R03 AG073985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive, yet curable, malignancy, but older patients are at higher risk of relapsed disease because they may not be eligible for full-intensity frontline chemoimmunotherapy or have comorbidities that limit standard treatments. Recent years have brought more treatment options than ever for this patient population, but it remains challenging to determine which can be safely and effectively offered to older patients. Formal determinations of fitness including geriatric assessments remain critical, but there is less guidance on how to best use this tool in the relapsed setting. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy is accessible to older patients, provided they can be supported through the intensive road to this treatment. If relapse occurs despite this or alternative therapies are preferred, many novel therapeutic options and combinations exist with some potential modifications for older adults, such as bispecific antibodies, tafasitamab and lenalidomide, polatuzumab-containing regimens, or loncastuximab tesirine. This article provides a summary of our approach to the management of this diverse population of older patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMaleRecurrence

Identifiers

PMID39356892
PMCPMC12782978

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