An An Overview of the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with The Novel Cellular Therapies: CAR-T and Bispecific Monoclonal Antibodies

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David Tucker Cristina M. Thiebaud

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The management of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), including refractory and relapsed high grade and low-grade NHL has been significantly improved in recent years with the development of cellular therapies which harness the powerful anti-cancer effects of the immune system. These include the ground-breaking and now established technology of chimeric antigen receptor cell therapy as well as the promising new range of bispecific monoclonal antibody therapies. This article will give a summary of the currently available cellular and bi-specific antibody therapies for the treatment of NHL in licenced use and clinical trials, including an overview of their proven efficacy and characteristic side-effect profiles which distinguish them from conventional immunochemotherapy.  The relative strengths and weaknesses of these comparable therapies will also be discussed together with consideration of where they may fit into the treatment sequence of NHL in the future.  The article will also address the challenges of delivering these innovative technologies in different healthcare settings and how they may alter the future of therapy for patients with this form of cancer.

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TUCKER, David; THIEBAUD, Cristina M.. An An Overview of the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with The Novel Cellular Therapies: CAR-T and Bispecific Monoclonal Antibodies. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 9, sep. 2023. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/4494>. Date accessed: 15 may 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i9.4494.
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