Catherine S. Diefenbach, MD

Catherine S. Diefenbach, MD, spoke about refining understanding of CAR T-cell therapies after the approval of lisocabtagene maraleucel for patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Catherine S. Diefenbach, MD, spoke about the approval of lisocabtagene maraleucel for patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma who do not have chemotherapy-sensitive disease.

Catherine S. Diefenbach, MD, spoke about the approval of lisocabtagene maraleucel for the treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma following 1 prior therapy.

In this article we review the scientific rationale, preclinical evidence, and most recent clinical data for the use of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma.

This is an exciting time in the treatment of PTCL, but with this opportunity comes responsibility. The challenge of how to optimize a plethora of promising new therapies for a small number of patients will drive therapeutic decision making for the foreseeable future.