title: Enhancing existing approaches to peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
abstract: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) practice guidelines for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) accentuate the lack of standard treatment options for this disease. Outcomes with conventional therapies, many of which are borrowed from B-cell lymphoma, are poor. Strategies to enhance existing approaches include creating a new platform for first-line therapy and adding novel agents, such as denileukin diftitox, to existing chemotherapy platforms. Furthermore, to improve outcomes, patients must reach transplant through effective first-line therapies. Additionally, treatment should be individualized based on histopathologic subtype, as all PTCL patients will not respond to the same treatment regimen.
authors.affiliation: Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA. francine.foss@yale.edu
authors.forename: Francine M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Foss
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016411:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000473:pathology; D035703:Therapies, Investigational