PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is among the neoplastic diseases that has the best long-term outcome after cytotoxic treatment. Cure rates approach 80-90%, however, 15-20% of patients will be resistant to therapy (primary refractory) or relapse after treatment. Prognostic factors should help to stratify ther...

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Main Authors: Annarosa Cuccaro, Francesca Bartolomei, Elisa Cupelli, Stefan Hohaus
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-07-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1374
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Francesca Bartolomei
Elisa Cupelli
Stefan Hohaus
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description Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is among the neoplastic diseases that has the best long-term outcome after cytotoxic treatment. Cure rates approach 80-90%, however, 15-20% of patients will be resistant to therapy (primary refractory) or relapse after treatment. Prognostic factors should help to stratify therapy according to the risk profile and identify patients at risk for failure. Significance of prognostic factors partly depends on the efficacy of the treatments administered, since new effective therapies can variably counterbalance the adverse effects of some unfavorable clinical determinants. As a consequence, some prognostic factors thought to be important in the past may become meaningless when modern successful therapies are used. Therefore, the value of prognostic factors has to be updated periodically, and compared to new emerging biomarkers. Besides the prognostic role of PET imaging, tissue and circulating biomarkers, as the number of tumor-infiltrating macrophages, cytokine and chemokine levels and profiling of circulating nucleic acids (DNA and microRNAs) have shown promise.
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spelling doaj-art-a503b8c9f6bd40ee99b6dc8650795e902025-01-02T06:58:46ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-07-0161e2014053e201405310.4084/mjhid.2014.0531134PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMAAnnarosa Cuccaro0Francesca BartolomeiElisa CupelliStefan Hohaus1Annarosa Cuccaro, Francesca Bartolomei, Elisa Cupelli,Catholic University S. CuoreHodgkin lymphoma (HL) is among the neoplastic diseases that has the best long-term outcome after cytotoxic treatment. Cure rates approach 80-90%, however, 15-20% of patients will be resistant to therapy (primary refractory) or relapse after treatment. Prognostic factors should help to stratify therapy according to the risk profile and identify patients at risk for failure. Significance of prognostic factors partly depends on the efficacy of the treatments administered, since new effective therapies can variably counterbalance the adverse effects of some unfavorable clinical determinants. As a consequence, some prognostic factors thought to be important in the past may become meaningless when modern successful therapies are used. Therefore, the value of prognostic factors has to be updated periodically, and compared to new emerging biomarkers. Besides the prognostic role of PET imaging, tissue and circulating biomarkers, as the number of tumor-infiltrating macrophages, cytokine and chemokine levels and profiling of circulating nucleic acids (DNA and microRNAs) have shown promise.http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1374Hodgkin lymphomaprognostic factors
spellingShingle Annarosa Cuccaro
Francesca Bartolomei
Elisa Cupelli
Stefan Hohaus
PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Hodgkin lymphoma
prognostic factors
title PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
title_full PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
title_fullStr PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
title_full_unstemmed PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
title_short PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
title_sort prognostic factors in hodgkin lymphoma
topic Hodgkin lymphoma
prognostic factors
url http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1374
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