title: Mantle cell lymphoma: clinicopathologic features and treatments.
abstract: Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) accounts for approximately 6% of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Patients usually present with advanced disease, with a tendency for extranodal involvement. MCL is an aggressive lymphoma with moderate chemosensitivity, but it remains one of the most difficult therapeutic challenges. Complete response rates to chemotherapy range from 20% to 40%, with median survivals of 2 1/2 to 3 years. Anthracycline-containing regimens do not prolong survival compared with nonanthracycline regimens. Single-agent rituximab (Rituxan) has produced response rates of about 30%, and when combined with an anthracycline-containing regimen, response rates increase to above 90%; however, an impact on survival has not yet been demonstrated. More intensive regimens such as hyperCVAD (hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide [Cytoxan, Neosar], vincristine, doxorubicin [Adriamycin], dexamethasone, methotrexate, cytarabine) with either stem cell transplant or rituximab have been associated with promising results.
authors.affiliation: Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kauh
authors.forename: Said M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Baidas
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdemirli
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Cheson
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D020522:Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D000069283:Rituximab; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000069283:Rituximab