Rola brentuksymabu vedotin w leczeniu chorych na opornego/nawrotowego chłoniaka Hodgkina na przykładzie dwóch opisów przypadków

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a form of lymphoma with good prognosis in the majority of patients, who are cured after first line chemotherapy. However, in about 25–30% of patients, the course of the disease is unfavorable and patients require treatment of subsequent lines. In further treatment, intensive polychemotherapy is used, consolidated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autologous or allogenic). Also new drugs are wanted. Immunotherapy is promising, including antibodies against CD30 — brentuximab vedotin, and antibodies, that affect the PD1/PD-L1 and PD-L2 pathways — nivolumab, pembrolizumab. Determining the optimal management of patients with relapse and refractory HL requires further investigation.