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ArticleJournal of hematology2025

A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Integrating Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy and Gamma Knife Radiation.

Katherine Hickmann, Rachel DiLeo, Kathleen Faringer, Chelsea Peterson, Rodney Wegner, Zachary Horne, Yazan Samhouri

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Article in Journal of hematology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Katherine HickmannDrexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Rachel DiLeoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Kathleen FaringerDivision of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Chelsea PetersonDivision of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rodney WegnerDivision of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Zachary HorneDivision of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Yazan SamhouriDivision of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Abstract

Central nervous system lymphoma (CNSL) is an aggressive disease with limited well-studied options for treatment, especially refractory treatment. First-line treatment usually includes high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) for induction and either autologous stem cell transplantation or whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) as consolidation. However, WBRT can result in significant neurotoxicity, so the use of focal radiation (i.e., gamma knife-stereotactic radiosurgery (GK-SRS)) of varying doses and fractions has been proposed. In the case of refractory disease, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has begun to be used clinically, but patients with CNS involvement were left out of key approval trials. Here, we present a case of a 62-year-old patient with refractory secondary CNSL (SCNSL) previously treated with WBRT who was successfully treated with a combination of CAR T-cell therapy and GK-SRS.

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CAR T-cellCNSLGK-SRS

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PMID40336923
PMCPMC12056746

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