Alessandro Broccoli, Lisa Argnani, Gabriele Gugliotta, Cinzia Pellegrini, Beatrice Casadei, Gianmarco Bagnato, Marianna Gentilini, Vittorio Stefoni, Pier Luigi Zinzani
INTRODUCTION: Intensive treatment approaches are required for adult patients with Burkitt lymphoma (BL), although an univocal standard of care still does not exist. The use of frontline autologous stem cells transplantation (ASCT) is debated. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between 2004 and 2020, 50 patients with BL were treated with the Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM). Treatment plan consisted of 3 blocks, A (ifosfamide, vincristine, methotrexate, etoposide, and cytarabine), B (vincristine, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and doxorubicin), and C (vindesine, methotrexate, etoposide, and cytarabine), each repeated twice, every 28 days...
February 10, 2024: Oncologist