Incorporating novel agents in the management of elderly myeloma patients.

abstract：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by coagulopathy, leukopenic presentation and sensitivity to anthracyclines, all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO). For the last 25 years, APL has been treated with a combination of ATRA and chemotherapy for induction followed by consolidation and ...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Cull EH,Altman JK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update on the pathogenesis of enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma (EATL) and its relationship with refractory celiac disease (RCD), in light of current knowledge of immune, genetic, and environmental factors that promote neoplastic transformation of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs)....

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Chander U,Leeman-Neill RJ,Bhagat G

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Over the past two decades, the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has transformed the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). With four agents currently approved for frontline use in chronic-phase (CP) disease, it follows that treatment decision-making has been rendered more challe...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Kennedy JA,Hobbs G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in the understanding of the biology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and in the development of new and effective therapies has generated a shift in treatment paradigms within only a few years. Traditional chemotherapy agents such as alkylators or nucleoside analogs are rapidly being replaced by combination reg...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Faderl S,Wierda W,Keating MJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the few drugs that have shown a benefit for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in randomized clinical trials over the last several decades is the CD33 antibody-drug conjugate, gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO). Undoubtedly, this experience has highlighted the value of antigen-specific immunotherapy in AML. A wi...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Buckley SA,Walter RB

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has curative potential for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), though with considerable nonrelapse mortality and morbidity. The International Prognostic Scoring System, despite its confines, remains a widely used tool guiding treatment decisions in MDS. Th...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Gergis U,Wissa U

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BCR-ABL-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms include primary myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera, and essential thrombocythemia. Clonal stem cell proliferation and dysregulated JAK/STAT molecular pathways characterize these hematologic malignancies. Symptoms experienced by patients are heterogeneous including excessive ...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Scherber RM,Geyer HL,Mesa RA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Artificial intelligence (AI), and in particular its subcategory machine learning, is finding an increasing number of applications in medicine, driven in large part by an abundance of data and powerful, accessible tools that have made AI accessible to a larger circle of investigators. RECENT FINDINGS:...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Radakovich N,Nagy M,Nazha A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Passive immunotherapy with therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has revolutionized the treatment of cancer, especially hematological malignancies over the last 20 years. While use of mAbs has improved outcomes, development of resistance is inevitable in most cases, hindering the long-term survival...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Torka P,Barth M,Ferdman R,Hernandez-Ilizaliturri FJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The recent development of brentuximab vedotin (BV), an antibody-drug conjugate targeting CD30-positive cells, has led to therapeutic advances in the treatment of T cell lymphomas. In this review, we discuss key studies of BV in peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL) and cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) and...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Shea L,Mehta-Shah N

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C. difficile infection (CDI), the most common cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea, is very frequent after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Recent publications suggest it affects between 6 % and 20 % of HSCT recipients during the first year and is more common following allogeneic transplant (allo-HSCT). ...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Callejas-Díaz A,Gea-Banacloche JC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is a relatively rare disease accounting for 15 % of all lymphoma. This disease has developed from an incurable disease to the adult malignancy with the most favorable prognosis. With current therapeutic approaches consisting of polychemo- and small-field radiotherapy, up to 80 % of all patients...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Bröckelmann PJ,Engert A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCLs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms for which standardized treatment approaches remain elusive. A number of new therapeutic agents have become available, of which monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) represent a powerful tool for targeted treatment of PTCLs. Therapeutic MAbs vary in ...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Hebb J,Kohrt H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Novel immunotherapies such as checkpoint inhibitors, bispecific antibodies, and chimeric antigen receptor T cells are leading to promising responses when treating solid tumors and hematological malignancies. T cell neoplasms include leukemia and lymphomas that are derived from T cells and overall are ...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Ghione P,Moskowitz AJ,De Paola NEK,Horwitz SM,Ruella M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No therapy is uniformly effective in the management of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis). Despite the common generalization, therapy is highly effective. Options available to patients with AL amyloidosis include high-dose therapy, but this is applicable to only about one fourth of patients. Thera...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Gertz MA,Zeldenrust SR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular lymphoma (FL), the most common indolent lymphoma, typically presents in advanced-stage disease. Currently available therapy does not generally result in a curative outcome, but survival in FL has improved since the introduction of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody immunotherapy. The goals of treatment include p...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Forstpointner R,Dreyling M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clonal blood disorders polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and primary myelofibrosis belong to the BCR-ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms and are specified by increased production of terminally differentiated myeloid cells. Clonal evolution, disease initiation and progression are influenced by gen...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Them NC,Kralovics R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in older children, ALL in infants has a dismal outcome because rearrangements of the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) gene occur in about 80% of these patients, leading to an aggressive type of leukemia. With most recent therapies, about 50% long-term event-free survival is...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Pieters R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare malignancy derived from plasmacyoid dendritic cells whose biology, clinical features, and treatment options are increasingly better understood. RECENT FINDINGS:TCF4 is a master regulator that drives donwstream transcriptional programs in ...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Khoury JD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute leukemia who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are susceptible to malnutrition caused by several factors including intensive cytotoxic therapy. This paper discusses the significance of malnutrition in these patients and provides an overview of nutrition therapy by the oral, ent...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Jacobson NB,Parekh N,Kalaycio M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologic dysplasia is an important factor in diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). However, the role of dysplasia is changing as new molecular genetic and genomic technologies take a more prominent place in diagnosis. This review discusses the role of morphology in the diagnosis of MDS and its interactions w...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Shaver AC,Seegmiller AC

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with acute leukemia, measurements of minimal residual disease (MRD) provide unique information on response to treatment. The most useful currently available MRD assays are polymerase chain reaction amplification of fusion transcripts and rearranged antigen-receptor genes and flow cytometric detection of ab...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Campana D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The conflict of interest statement was incorrect. The corrected statement is given below. ...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Zappasodi R,Wolchok JD,Merghoub T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal tandem duplications (ITD) and tyrosine-kinase domain (TKD) mutations of the FMS-like tyrosine-kinase 3 (FLT3) can be found in up to one third of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and confer a poor prognosis. First discovered 20 years ago, these mutations were identified as viable therapeutic targets,...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Leick MB,Levis MJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA hypomethylating agents (HMAs) azacitidine and decitabine are currently the most frequently administered disease-modifying therapies for patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, azacitidine and decitabine are not curative, the median response duration is 11-15 months, and only 10-20 %...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Roberts DA,Steensma DP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in drug discovery have led to the use of effective targeted agents in the treatment of hematologic malignancies. Drugs such as proteasome inhibitors in multiple myeloma and tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma have changed the face of treatment of hematologic maligna...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Sethi TK,Basdag B,Bhatia N,Moslehi J,Reddy NM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a rare malignancy of the lymphatic system that is curable in at least 80 % of patients. Although patients usually present with painless lymphadenopathy, a variety of systemic and organ-specific syndromes may also exist in relation to HL. These syndromes may develop before, during, or after the...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Barber NA,Bierman PJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) patients are required to have a caregiver present for up to 100 days post-transplant. Caregivers provide essential support during HCT but experience immense stress and burden. Increasing research has developed interventions for HCT caregivers. This review systematic...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Bangerter LR,Griffin JM,Langer S,Hasan B,Kim WS,Murad MH,Khera N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The use of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for the purposes of diagnosis, prognosis, assessment of treatment response, and monitoring for relapse is a new and developing field in lymphoma. This review aims to summarize many of the most recent advances in ctDNA applications. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studi...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Darrah JM,Herrera AF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation continues to be an important curative therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Traditionally accepted indications for allografting adult ALL patients need reevaluation in light of outcomes with paediatric-like intensive regimens. Minimal residual disease status an...

journal_title：Current hematologic malignancy reports

authors： Dhawan R,Marks DI

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00