HL Flashcards
Types of classic HL
Nodular sclerosis
Mixed cellularity
Lymphocyte rich
Lymphocyte depleted
non classical HL
nodular lymphocyte predominant
presence of B symp
40%
sites of involvment
Neck 60-80%
Mediastinal 50-60%
Axillary 30%
Inguinal 10%
Infradiaphragmatic lymphadenopathy alone < 10%
Pel-Ebstein fever
Fever that cyclically increases and then decreases over a period of one to two weeks.
(Uncommon)
Pruritus
10-15%
Less common clinical presentations
Alcohol-associated pain
Liver disease
Intra-abdominal disease
Skin lesions-
Bone/bone marrow involvement
Neurologic
MCD
Skin leisons
Ichthyosis (fish scales), Acrokeratosis (Bazex syndrome, papules on dosum of hands/feet), urticaria, erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, necrotizing lesions, hyperpigmentation, and skin infiltration.
Neurologic manifestations
Cerebellar degeneration
Chorea
Neuromyotonia
Limbic encephalitis
Subacute sensory neuropathy
Subacute lower motor neuropathy
Stiff person syndrome.
Laboratory abnormalities
Anemia
Hypoalbuminemia
Hypercalcemia
Leukocytosis
Thrombocytosis,
Lymphopenia
Eosinophilia
Immunophenotype of HRS
CD30, CD15
PD-L1 and PD-L2 positive
CD45 negative
CD3, CD7 negative
CD20, CD79a, and/or CD19 usually negative
Cytogenetics
non consistant
Molecular features
Ig reaarengments
beta-2 microglobuli`n
JAK1, JAK2, STAT3, STAT5B, PTPN1
gain of PDL1 and PDL2 loci
Pretreatment blood tests
ESR
HBV
HCV
HIV
Pretreatment imaging
PET-CT
Echo
Pulmonary function
Bulky disease definition
> 10 cm
or > 1/3 of the thorax
EORTC (for early stage)
Age >50
Bulky mediastinal adenopathy
ESR > 50
≥4 sites of involvement
GHSG (for early stage)
Extranodal involvement
Bulky mediastinal adenopathy
ESR > 50
≥3 sites of involvement
IPS (for advanced disease)
Albumin <4 g/dL
HB <10.5 g&
Male
age >45
Stage IV
WBC ≥15K
Lymphopenia < 600 or < 8%
EBV prognosis
Inferior
Cemo+RT vs. Chemo alone for early favorable HL
better PFS with combined, but more toxicity
Alternative for ABVD in early HL
Stanford V
(Mechlorethamine, doxorubicin, vinblastine, prednisone, vincristine, bleomycin, and VP-16
with weekly variance in drugs)
Timing of RT
usually 3-4 weeks after chemo ends
Number of cycles of ABVD in favorable early HL treated with combined Tx
2-4
PFS and OS are similar with more toxicity with four
Amount of RT for favorable early
20 Gy - 30 Gy
Usually 20 is enough
When to omit bleomycin
Age > 80
Frailty
Low probability of cure
Comorbidities
Timing of PET-CT after Tx
Six to eight weeks after completion of chemotherapy
and
Three months after the completion of RT
BEACOPP
bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone
BEACOPP vs ABVD for early unfavorable
longer PFS with BEACOPP
No OS advantage
More toxicity with BEACOPP
Interim PET in early unfavorable
after 2 cycles (PET2)
and then after 2 more cycles if PET2 positive (PET4)
CMT of early unfavorable
4-6 cycles of chemo (usually ABVD)- depending on PET2
+
RT of 30 Gy (20 Gy is inferior)
CMT indication in early unfavorable
Bulky disease
PET2 positive- 6 ABVD + RT
PET- three weeks after Chemo shows PR
Dose adjustments for Bleomycin
Pulmonary disease
Renal impairment
Elderly
Tx alternatives for ABVD in advanced HL
BV+ AVD (Brentuximab vedotin instead od Bleomycin)
BEACOPP
indiacation for BECOPP in advanced HL
Young pts < 60
with
High risk (IPS>= 4)
if PET2 after ABVD is positive
Brentuximab vedotin mechanism
anti CD30 conjugated to monomethyl auristatin E
De-escalation for advanced
AVD if PET2 negative after ABVD
Acute toxicity of ABVD
Neutropenia 34% usually not severe- no need for GCSF
N/V 13%
Alopecia 31%
Long-term complications of ABVD
Cardiomyopathy- rarely if doxorubicin total dose < 400 mg/m2
Pulmonary txicity- Bleomycin and RT
BV+AVD vs ABVD toxicity
Less pulmonary but more neuropathy (67% vs 43%) usually reversible
and
Neutropenia (11% need GCSF) with BV+AVD
Acute toxicity of BEACOPP
Cytopenias
Infection 20%
N/V 20%
ALopecia 79%
Long term complications of BEACOPP
2nd melignancy
Steriity
Long term complications of BEACOPP
2nd melignancy
SteriRT inity
Tx of NLP early stage
FU
Variants in NLP HL
A-F
Based on pathology.