Publication details
Léčba Waldenströmovy makroglobulinémie
| Title in English | Treatment of Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Postgraduální medicína |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Oncology and hematology |
| Keywords | Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia; treatment; rituximab; bortezomib; immunomodulatory drugs |
| Description | Treatment of Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia is indicated in the symptomatic disease (significant organomegalia, B-symptoms, signs of hyperviscosity or cytopenia). Today, the combination of rituximab, cyclophosfamid and dexametasone (RCD) is recommended as the first-line treatment together with a more toxic classic alternative R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosfamid, doxorubicine, vincristine and prednisolon). From the recently introduced drugs bendamustin, bortezomib and immunomodulatory drugs standardly used in the treatment of multiple myeloma (lenalidomide or carfilzomib) have the role in the first- or subsequent lines. Recent studies showed the evidence of significant efficacy of ibrutinib. In relapsed patients autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation continues to be used routinely. |