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SUBMITTER: Puvvada SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5125530 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Puvvada Soham D SD Stiff Patrick J PJ Leblanc Michael M Cook James R JR Couban Stephen S Leonard John P JP Kahl Brad B Marcellus Deborah D Shea Thomas C TC Winter Jane N JN Li Hongli H Rimsza Lisa M LM Friedberg Jonathan W JW Smith Sonali M SM
British journal of haematology 20160413 5
Double hit lymphoma (DHL) and double protein-expressing (MYC, BCL2) lymphomas (DPL) fare poorly with R-CHOP (rituximab + cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone); consolidative autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) may improve outcomes. S9704, a phase III randomized study of CHOP +/-R with or without ASCT enabled evaluation of intensive consolidation. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) identified 27 of 198 patients (13·6%) with MYC overexpression; 20 (74%) harboured concurrent BCL2 ove ...[more]