Long-term response on brentuximab vedotin therapy in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma
Abstract
Progress in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) treatment has been achieved due to introduction of new diagnostic methods, disease staging, and new therapy implementations. In spite of it, some patients are challenging in diagnostic and therapeutic process. The topic will provide a brief review of 2 young patients with HL who failed to achieve remission following few therapeutic treatment lines. Both of them response has been achieved when brentuximab vedotin was used. Many patients requires up to date new diagnostic methods implementation. Their interpretation is possible only in the context of clinical data.
Keywords: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)brentuksymab vedotin (BV)autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation