C Hosing1, R E Champlin2. 1. Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. 2. Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. Electronic address: rchampli@mdanderson.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: T-cell lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs). With the exception of anaplastic lymphoma kinase protein-positive large-cell lymphoma, standard chemotherapy provides dismal long-term outcomes when compared with NHLs with B-cell immunophenotype. DESIGN: We review the literature on the role of high-dose chemotherapy (HDT) and autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) in T-cell NHLs both as up-front treatment and in the salvage setting. The role of allogeneic transplantation will also be reviewed. RESULTS: Results from five prospective, nonrandomized and six retrospective studies evaluating the role of HDT and ASCT in the up-front setting show that patients in first complete or partial remission especially those who present with advanced disease and high prognostic index of peripheral T-cell lymphoma score may benefit from this approach. In the relapsed and/or refractory setting, most series show results that are comparable with those seen in patients with B-cell lymphomas if transplanted with chemosensitive disease. There is limited evidence to suggest that an immune-mediated graft-versus-lymphoma effect may result in long-term disease remissions in some patients after allogeneic transplantation. CONCLUSIONS: Randomized studies comparing HDT and ASCT with conventional chemotherapy are needed in T-cell lymphomas.
BACKGROUND:T-cell lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs). With the exception of anaplastic lymphoma kinase protein-positive large-cell lymphoma, standard chemotherapy provides dismal long-term outcomes when compared with NHLs with B-cell immunophenotype. DESIGN: We review the literature on the role of high-dose chemotherapy (HDT) and autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) in T-cell NHLs both as up-front treatment and in the salvage setting. The role of allogeneic transplantation will also be reviewed. RESULTS: Results from five prospective, nonrandomized and six retrospective studies evaluating the role of HDT and ASCT in the up-front setting show that patients in first complete or partial remission especially those who present with advanced disease and high prognostic index of peripheral T-cell lymphoma score may benefit from this approach. In the relapsed and/or refractory setting, most series show results that are comparable with those seen in patients with B-cell lymphomas if transplanted with chemosensitive disease. There is limited evidence to suggest that an immune-mediated graft-versus-lymphoma effect may result in long-term disease remissions in some patients after allogeneic transplantation. CONCLUSIONS: Randomized studies comparing HDT and ASCT with conventional chemotherapy are needed in T-cell lymphomas.
Authors: Alain H Rook; Joel M Gelfand; Joel C Gelfand; Maria Wysocka; Andrea B Troxel; Bernice Benoit; Christian Surber; Rosalie Elenitsas; Marie A Buchanan; Deborah S Leahy; Rei Watanabe; Ilan R Kirsch; Ellen J Kim; Rachael A Clark Journal: Blood Date: 2015-07-30 Impact factor: 22.113
Authors: Anna Czyz; Joanna Romejko-Jarosinska; Grzegorz Helbig; Wanda Knopinska-Posluszny; Lidia Poplawska; Beata Piatkowska-Jakubas; Dorota Hawrylecka; Barbara Nasilowska-Adamska; Dominik Dytfeld; Anna Lojko-Dankowska; Anna Kopinska; Piotr Boguradzki; Jan Walewski; Slawomira Kyrcz-Krzemien; Andrzej Hellmann; Mieczyslaw Komarnicki Journal: Ann Hematol Date: 2013-03-08 Impact factor: 3.673