Would you consolidate marginal zone lymphoma transformed to a high grade B-cell lymphoma with a stem cell transplant?
the MZL was untreated in the past prior to transformation.
Do these patients have a higher risk of recurrence post CR as opposed to patients with de novo high grade B cell lymphoma?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
The transformed lymphoma that develops out of indolent small B cell lymphoma such as marginal zone lymphoma, follicular lymphoma or lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, is typically diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). When this type of transformed DLBCL develops in a patient who has not previously receive...
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