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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

Current Issues and Future Perspectives of Targeted Therapies in Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

Athanasios Liaskas, Maria N Dimopoulou, Alexia Piperidou, Maria K Angelopoulou, Theodoros P Vassilakopoulos

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Athanasios LiaskasDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laikon", 11527 Athens, Greece.
Maria N DimopoulouDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laikon", 11527 Athens, Greece.
Alexia PiperidouDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laikon", 11527 Athens, Greece.
Maria K AngelopoulouDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laikon", 11527 Athens, Greece.
Theodoros P VassilakopoulosDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laikon", 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8766-1853

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL) is a rare, aggressive B-cell lymphoma, sharing common features with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). PMLBCL is usually cured with single-hit immunochemotherapy in the first-line setting. Relapses tend to be aggressive and may be unresponsive to conventional chemotherapy. Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) remains a viable option for chemosensitive patients; nevertheless, targeted therapies appear to be highly promising. Checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) have already transformed the course of relapse/refractory disease, while CD-19-directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy may produce remarkably favorable outcomes. The exact position of CAR T-cells and CPIs in the treatment algorithm, along with the role of radiotherapy and ASCT, remains to be precisely determined. In the current review, we aim to present the recent research on targeted agents in PMLBCL and define their sequencing within the treatment algorithm, mainly in the relapse/refractory setting.

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brentuximab vedotinCAR T-cellsnivolumabpembrolizumabprimary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma

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PMID40004722
PMCPMC11856677

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