LA JOLLA, CALIF. – When patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) experience relapse, consider an allogeneic stem cell transplant or clinical trial, investigators advised.
Patients with relapsed PTCL have generally dismal outcomes, with a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 3.7 months and a median overall survival (OS) of just 6.5 months, according to one study (J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jun 1;31[16]:1970-6).
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Dr. Claire Dearden
“Clearly the problem with most of the relapsed PTCL [cases] is that they don’t achieve a good response to salvage therapy. If they do, then they have much better chance of doing well,” she said at the annual T-cell Lymphoma Forum.