[Waldenström macroglobulinaemia]

Presse Med. 2019 Jul-Aug;48(7-8 Pt 1):832-841. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2019.07.020. Epub 2019 Aug 20.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Lymphoplasmocytic lymphona with monoclonal lgM, rare. Median age at diagnosis 70 years old, frail population. Heterogenous clinic presentation. Molecular diagnosis with MYD88. Treatment required for symptomatic WM patients only. 1st line therapy: DRC. Input of targeted therapies (ibrutinib) for frail patients, maintenance effect.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives
  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • DNA Mutational Analysis / methods
  • Frail Elderly
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy / methods
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy / trends
  • Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 / genetics
  • Piperidines
  • Pyrazoles / therapeutic use
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia* / diagnosis
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia* / epidemiology
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia* / genetics
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia* / therapy

Substances

  • MYD88 protein, human
  • Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
  • Piperidines
  • Pyrazoles
  • Pyrimidines
  • ibrutinib
  • Adenine