Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8615339 | Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia | 2018 | 34 Pages |
Abstract
Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is one of the most common lymphomas in the Western world. Although most patients are cured with standard first-line therapy, up to 20% of patients will have relapsed or refractory disease. Although the conventional approach to treatment has consisted of chemotherapy, radiation, and for those who relapse, autologous or allogeneic transplantation, newer approaches have become available in recent years, including immunoconjugates and checkpoint inhibitors. These approaches have shown significant efficacy in clinical trials and might be associated with fewer long-term toxicities compared with conventional therapies. In this review we discuss the biology of cHL as it pertains to the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and then review the existing clinical trial results of several emerging immunotherapies in this context, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cellular therapy. Finally, several clinical practice issues pertaining to the use of immunotherapies are discussed.
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Authors
Steven M. Bair, Anthony Mato, Jakub Svoboda,