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Lymphoma (tissue type)

aka lymphomas, lymphoid malignancy, lymphoid malignancies, Hodgkin, non-Hodgkin, B-cell lymphoma, B-cell lymphomas, T-cell lymphoma

Cancer of lymphocytes, the white blood cells of the immune system, usually growing as masses in lymph nodes, spleen or other organs. Divided into Hodgkin and the many non-Hodgkin types.

Most lymphomas arise from B cells and keep surface markers such as CD19, CD20 and CD30, which has made them the proving ground for antibody therapy (rituximab, 1997), ADCs (brentuximab vedotin), CAR-T (axicabtagene, 2017) and bispecific T-cell engagers (glofitamab); diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is the commonest type and is often curable with chemo-immunotherapy. Hodgkin lymphoma, defined by its Reed-Sternberg cells, is highly curable and exceptionally responsive to PD-1 blockade. Lymphomas and leukaemias overlap: the same malignant lymphocyte can present as a mass (lymphoma) or circulate in the blood (leukaemia).

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