Abstract
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a lymphoid neoplasm characterized by strong and uniform expression of the CD30 antigen on the cell surface. Current standard frontline therapy of ALCL is anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy, usually CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone) or CHOPlike regimens. Despite aggressive chemotherapy a significant number of patients relapse. Newer agents and strategies are needed in the management of this challenging disease especially in ALK-negative and high-risk ALK-positive patients who tend to have a poor prognosis. In this review we discuss the different approaches to targeting CD30 including naked antibodies, "enhanced antibodies", antibody drug-toxin conjugates, radioimmunoconjugates, CD30-ligand-toxin conjugates, bispecific antibodies and T cellbased immune therapies.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 285-291 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2012 |
Keywords
- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
- Brentuximab
- CD30
- MMAE
- SGN-35
- T-cell lymphoma
- Vedotin
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Cancer Research