Peripheral T cell lymphoma: clinical utility of romidepsin

Jasmine Zain, Kathryn SaweyNYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USAIntroduction: Direct therapeutic targets, such as aberrant tumor cell genes and tumor cell markers, have been the focus of cancer treatment for more than 50 years. The resulting damage to normal cells and emergence of drug-resistant...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:18e68f7822e04f3f895597494ad165b52021-12-02T02:48:55ZPeripheral T cell lymphoma: clinical utility of romidepsin1179-9889https://doaj.org/article/18e68f7822e04f3f895597494ad165b52012-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/peripheral-t-cell-lymphoma-clinical-utility-of-romidepsin-a10099https://doaj.org/toc/1179-9889Jasmine Zain, Kathryn SaweyNYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USAIntroduction: Direct therapeutic targets, such as aberrant tumor cell genes and tumor cell markers, have been the focus of cancer treatment for more than 50 years. The resulting damage to normal cells and emergence of drug-resistant tumor cells after exposure to conventional chemotherapy have led researchers to study indirect targets, like the tumor vasculature. A more recent indirect approach involves targeting the epigenetic modifiers, DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase. Histone deacetylase inhibitors have been shown to be active cytotoxic agents in T cell lymphoma. The current treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for relapsed cutaneous T cell lymphoma are vorinostat and romidepsin. The diversity and rarity of peripheral T cell lymphomas present a challenge for effective treatment. With their poor overall survival rate, new targeted therapies need to be developed.Keywords: peripheral T cell lymphoma, treatment, romidepsinSawey KZain JDove Medical PressarticleDiseases of the blood and blood-forming organsRC633-647.5ENBlood and Lymphatic Cancer: Targets and Therapy, Vol 2012, Iss default, Pp 109-115 (2012)
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Peripheral T cell lymphoma: clinical utility of romidepsin
description Jasmine Zain, Kathryn SaweyNYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USAIntroduction: Direct therapeutic targets, such as aberrant tumor cell genes and tumor cell markers, have been the focus of cancer treatment for more than 50 years. The resulting damage to normal cells and emergence of drug-resistant tumor cells after exposure to conventional chemotherapy have led researchers to study indirect targets, like the tumor vasculature. A more recent indirect approach involves targeting the epigenetic modifiers, DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase. Histone deacetylase inhibitors have been shown to be active cytotoxic agents in T cell lymphoma. The current treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for relapsed cutaneous T cell lymphoma are vorinostat and romidepsin. The diversity and rarity of peripheral T cell lymphomas present a challenge for effective treatment. With their poor overall survival rate, new targeted therapies need to be developed.Keywords: peripheral T cell lymphoma, treatment, romidepsin
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title Peripheral T cell lymphoma: clinical utility of romidepsin
title_short Peripheral T cell lymphoma: clinical utility of romidepsin
title_full Peripheral T cell lymphoma: clinical utility of romidepsin
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