Manuel Gotti, Roberta Sciarra, Alessandro Pulsoni, Francesco Merli, Stefano Luminari, Caterina Zerbi, Livio Trentin, Alessandro Re, Chiara Rusconi, Simonetta Viviani, Andrea Rossi, Federica Cocito, Barbara Botto, Erika Meli, Antonello Pinto, Irene Dogliotti, Guido Gini, Benedetta Puccini, Francesca Ricci, Luca Nassi, Alberto Fabbri, Anna Marina Liberati, Michele Merli, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Maurizio Bonfichi, Valentina Zoboli, Germana Tartaglia, Giorgia Annechini, Gianna Maria D'Elia, Ilaria Del Giudice, Isabel Alvarez, Andrea Visentin, Stefano Pravato, Daniela Dalceggio, Chiara Pagani, Silvia Ferrari, Caterina Cristinelli, Tanja Lazic, Virginia Valeria Ferretti, Umberto Ricardi, Luca Arcaini
Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) is a rare entity whose neoplastic cells retain a B-cell phenotype with expression of CD20. Radiotherapy is recommended for favorable stage IA disease while for other stages guidelines suggest therapeutic strategies similar to those used for classic HL. The role of rituximab, although quite widespread, is not completely elucidated. We retrospectively analyzed baseline characteristics of 308 consecutive patients with NLPHL diagnosed in 19 Italian centers from 2000 to 2018...
April 2023: HemaSphere