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ArticleCancers2026

Tumor Mutational Burden as a Prognostic Biomarker in Follicular Lymphoma.

Marta Lafuente, Ramón Diez-Feijóo, Marta García-Recio, Nieves Garcia-Gisbert, Maria Concepción Fernández-Rodríguez, Raquel Longarón, Junjie Ji, Bárbara Tazon-Vega, Sergio Pinzón, Lierni Fernández-Ibarrondo and 6 more

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Marta LafuenteGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0003-2907-5049
Ramón Diez-FeijóoGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3137-3443
Marta García-RecioDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital Son Espases/Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain.
Nieves Garcia-GisbertGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8185-9786
Maria Concepción Fernández-RodríguezGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5853-0843
Raquel LongarónGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Junjie JiGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Bárbara Tazon-VegaGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Sergio PinzónDepartment of Hematology, Hospital del Mar, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Lierni Fernández-IbarrondoGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2612-0484
Blanca Sánchez-GonzálezGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Laura CamachoGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Joan GibertGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Antonio GutierrezDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital Son Espases/Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9062-077X
Beatriz BellosilloGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Antonio SalarGroup of Applied Clinical Research in Hematology, Cancer Research Program Hospital del Mar Research Institute, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4652-4825

Funding

Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021SGR628Gilead Sciences (Spain) GLD18/00117Instituto de Salud Carlos III FI24/00294Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI19/00034Ministerio de Universidades FPU21/02671
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Abstract

introductionFollicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Approximately 20% of patients experience early relapse within 24 months (POD24) of immunochemotherapy (ICT), a subgroup associated with poor prognosis and not well-identified by current prognostic indices. Given that tumor mutational burden (TMB) has been associated with outcome in various cancers, we investigated its potential as a prognostic biomarker in FL.

methodsTMB was estimated by next-generation sequencing using a 409-gene panel in a cohort of 119 patients diagnosed with FL grades 1-3A and treated with frontline immunotherapy or ICT.

resultsAlthough TMB was not associated with clinical variables in non-transformed FL patients, higher TMB values were observed in patients harboring the t(14;18) translocation, mutations in

conclusionsThese findings support the potential of TMB as a prognostic biomarker in FL, providing molecular understanding beyond established clinical indices and aiding in the identification of patients at higher risk of early progression following ICT.

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18) translocationfollicular lymphomanext generation sequencingprognostic biomarkert(14tumor mutational burden

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