Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2014 Volume 142, Issue 7-8, Pages: 498-504
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1408498D
Full text ( 1470 KB)
Cited by
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas in childhood: How to move on?
Dokmanović Lidija (Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade + University Children’s Hospital, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Belgrade)
Rodić Predrag (University Children’s Hospital, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Belgrade)
Krstovski Nada (Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade + University Children’s Hospital, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Belgrade)
Lazić Jelena (Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade + University Children’s Hospital, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Belgrade)
Janić Dragana (Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade + University Children’s Hospital, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Belgrade)
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas of childhood represent a diverse group of neoplasms
with different clinical, pathological, immunophenotypical and genetic
features. A vast majority of childhood non-Hodgkin lymphomas could be
classified into one of the three major histological subgroups: mature B-cell
neoplasms, lymphoblastic lymphomas or anaplastic large cell lymphomas. Modern
therapeutic strategies lead to cure in more than 80% of patients. Conversely,
refractory diseases, as well as disease relapse convey a dismal prognosis.
This fact requires much better stratification based on prognostic markers
which would ideally recognize distinct groups of patients requiring different
therapeutic regimens. Defining novel diagnostic and prognostic markers should
improve diagnosis and prognosis as well as patient follow-up. It should also
allow introduction of individually tailored treatment regimens in selected
groups of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphomas, with the main goal of
improving treatment results and decreasing short- and long-term
complications.
Keywords: non-Hodgkin lymphoma, children, classification, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment
Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 41004