Clinical Outcomes and Therapeutic Strategies of Hodgkin Lymphoma
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 2766
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 1961, the National Institute of Health researchers devised a regimen consisting of mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone (the MOPP regimen), which was able to cure about half of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). This was the first chemotherapy regimen to cure patients and a revolution in oncology, offering hope to millions of patients suffering from malignant neoplasms. However, we have made significant improvements in curing HL with novel regimens such as BEACOPPesc and ABVD. After years of research, we have seen also an overall survival benefit with the immunochemotherapy regimen brentuximab vedotin+AVD in advanced stages. HL is certainly a story of success, yet few patients represent unmet needs being refractory to or relapsing after first-line therapy. The incorporation of brentuximab vedotin in salvage regimens has improved the outcomes of these patients. As a last resort, allogeneic stem cell transplantation remains a valid strategy.
This Special Issue aims to share different experiences with HL, regardless of the line of treatment, pointing out the similarities and diversities of our approach to HL.
Both original articles and the state-of-art reviews are welcome.
As a Guest Editor, I hope that this Special Issue will follow the success of our treatment of HL.
Dr. Vibor Milunović
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- ABVD protocol
- BEACOPP protocol
- hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- brentuximab vedotin
- immune checkpoint inhibitors
- long term survivor
- quality of life
- pediatrics
