Brentuximab vedotin demonstrates an objective response in a patient with refractory CD30+ primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
J Cancer Res Ther
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2020 Apr; 16(1): 183-185
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ABSTRACT
Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) with MYC translocations combined with translocations involving BCL-2 or BCL-6 are referred to as double-hit lymphomas. These lymphomas are generally refractory to currently available therapies and have a poor prognosis. Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) is a rare subtype of DLBCL, which shares clinical, pathologic, and genetic similarities with classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. Unlike DLBCL, rearrangements involving MYC, BCL-2, and BCL-6 are typically absent in PMBL. We present a patient with PMBL who had increased gene copy numbers of MYC and BCL-2 along with increased protein expression of BCL-2 (c-Myc expression was about 15%–20% by immunostain). The disease was refractory to standard and salvage chemotherapies. The lymphoma, however, responded to brentuximab vedotin, a CD30-directed chemoimmunoconjugate
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J Cancer Res Ther
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Neoplasms
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2020
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