title: The potential for immunoconjugates in lymphoma therapy.
abstract: Contemporary combination chemotherapy offers curative treatment for 30% to 50% of patients with advanced-stage, aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL). However, conventional therapies cure few patients with indolent lymphomas or relapsed lymphomas of any histology. Myeloablative chemoradiotherapy with bone marrow or stem cell transplantation can provide pro-longed disease-free survival for a minority (20% to 50%) of patients with relapsed NHL, but new treatment approaches are clearly needed. In recent years, several groups of investigators have provided preliminary evidence suggesting that monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), in unmodified form or conjugated to toxins, drugs, or radioisotopes, may offer another effective therapeutic modality for patients with relapsed lymphomas. This article reviews current immunotherapy of NHL using antibody immunoconjugates.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington Medical Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Press
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D018796:Immunoconjugates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000922:Immunotoxins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D051379:Mice; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D000922:Immunotoxins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins