The efficacy of therapeutic modalities for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma have been tested and improved throughout the 19th century through various series of drug trials aimed at eliminating cellular malignancies, first through chemotherapy treatment, and more recently through immunotherapy. While to an extent successful in eliminating cancerous lesions and affected cells, chemotherapy treatments have shown to influence the induction of new malignancies, through genetic mutation, as well as unwanted toxic effects of systemic poisoning. The purpose of this thesis is to compare treatment methods in terms of their biomolecular activity, precision of intended results, and possible drawbacks, as well as their application to specific populations of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnoses, including Follicular and Diffuse Large B-Cell lymphomas. In the following sections on contributing factors specific to Diffuse Large B-Cell lymphomas and Follicular lymphoma, elements of disease prognosis will be analyzed from a molecular and clinical point of view. This includes a focus on the impact of genetic mutation, the immunohistochemical evidence these changes present, as well as the variances in immune cell functionality, and finally a description of symptoms with direction to specific underlying causes. An analysis of standard of care chemotherapy, and monoclonal antibody treatments will then be provided for each occurrence.
The second segment will discuss novel techniques being developed for the treatment of lymphoma including but not limited to new monoclonal antibodies, synthetic lethality modulation, inhibition of selected chemokine receptors, DNA vector immunization for production of internal host antibodies, concepts of cell mediated bispecific antibody induced destruction, and new generations of Immunomodulatory drugs. With the recent development of cost effective sequencing technology, included is a discussion of the shift towards personalized medicine treatments, targeting appropriate phenotypic specific populations for optimal results, as it relates to therapies for Diffuse Large B-Cell lymphoma and Follicular lymphoma.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/23746 |
| Date | 12 July 2017 |
| Creators | Butsenko, Dmitriy |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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