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Even with superior frontline therapy using A+CHP, this exploratory study suggests that consolidative SCT should be considered in CD30+ peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) patients. More large-scale studies are needed, especially in DUSP22-rearranged and low International Prognostic Index ALK ALCL, to determine whether there are favorable subgroups that could be treated with A+CHP alone.

HBCLs, not-otherwise specified (NOS), are rare and heterogeneous; other than having germinal center B-cell phenotype, and in up to 45%, a single-hit MYC rearrangement, they have no unifying immunophenotypic or cytogenetic characteristics. This review discusses the current clinicopathologic concept of HGBL, NOS, and looks at potential future taxonomy enrichments based on emerging molecular diagnostics.

This review summarizes the clinical presentation, workup, staging, and recent advancements in the treatment of PCNSL. Although treatment advances include the use of BTK inhibitors and immunomodulators, relapse is common and 5-year survival is 40% or lower. Thus, accurate early diagnosis and initiation of treatment is time sensitive for optimal neurologic recovery and disease control.

In patients with advanced-stage, untreated follicular lymphoma (FL), the RELEVANCE trial demonstrated that rituximab plus chemotherapy (R-chemo) and lenalidomide plus rituximab (R2) had comparable efficacy (FL). After six years of follow-up, a report on the second interim analysis of the RELEVANCE experiment is presented here.

The differences between bispecific antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, the side effects of bispecific antibodies, how the antibodies may address unmet needs in lymphoma, and a few other observations are discussed in this interview with Dr. John N. Allan, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York.

This is an 8-year follow-up to the author’s initial report of a randomized phase II study in patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma treated with high-dose methotrexate-based induction chemotherapy followed by whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) or high-dose chemotherapy (thiotepa-busulfan-cyclophosphamide) with autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT). They conclude that 40 Gy WBRT should be avoided in first-line treatment in this population because of its neurotoxicity and suboptimal efficacy in reducing relapses, while ASCT appears to be highly efficient in preventing relapses.