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SUBMITTER: Zhao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6376657 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Juanjuan J Song Yongping Y Liu Delong D
Journal of hematology & oncology 20190214 1
The current treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is highly successful with high cure rate. However, the treatment of adult ALL remains a challenge, particularly for refractory and/or relapsed (R/R) ALL. The advent of new targeted agents, blinatumomab, inotuzumab ozogamycin, and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, are changing the treatment paradigm for ALL. Tisagenlecleucel (kymriah, Novartis) is an autologous CD19-targeted CAR T cell product approved for treatment of ...[more]