Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ryu YK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9409851 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ryu Yun Kyoung YK Ricker Edd C EC Soderquist Craig R CR Francescone Mark A MA Lipsky Andrew H AH Amengual Jennifer E JE
Journal of clinical medicine 20220822 16
Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare and aggressive form of large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) most commonly seen in the setting of chronic immunosuppression or autoimmune disease. The prognosis is poor and CHOP-like regimens often fail to produce durable remission; therefore, there is no established standard of care treatment. However, PBL demonstrates substantial morphologic and immunophenotypic overlap with multiple myeloma (MM), suggesting that MM therapeutics might prove useful in treating PBL. ...[more]