The management of hematologic malignancies has traditionally relied on chemotherapy regimens, many of which are still in use today. However, with advancements in the knowledge of tumour pathophysiology, therapies are continually evolving. Monoclonal...
Currently, research for hematological malignancies is very intensive, with many breakthroughs. Among them, aptamer-based targeted therapies could be counted. Aptamer is a targeting tool with many unique advantages (easy synthesis, low toxicity, easy...
S100A8 and S100A9 are multifunctional proteins that can initiate various signaling pathways and modulate cell function both inside and outside immune cells, depending on their receptors, mediators, and molecular environment. They have been reported a...
Neoplastic cells rewire their metabolism, acquiring a selective advantage over normal cells and a protection from therapeutic agents. The mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase involved in a variety of cellular activities,...
Notch receptors are single-pass transmembrane proteins that play a critical role in cell fate decisions and have been implicated in the regulation of many developmental processes. The human Notch family comprises of four receptors (Notch 1 to 4) and...
Malignant hematologic diseases, also referred to as hematologic tumors, encompass a series of malignant proliferative disorders of the lymphopoietic system, including leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and myeloproliferative neoplasms. The dysregu...
Immunotherapy is extensively investigated for almost all types of hematologic tumors, from preleukemic to relapse/refractory malignancies. Due to the emergence of technologies for target cell characterization, antibody design and manufacturing, as we...
We aimed to explore the genetic and environmental contributions to variation in the risk of hematologic malignancies and characterize familial dependence within and across hematologic malignancies. The study base included 316,397 individual twins fro...
Background: Hematologic malignancies pose a critical threat to global health, with their pathological progression intrinsically linked to metabolic dysregulation and nutrient imbalance. Malnutrition accelerates the trajectory of adverse outcomes whil...
Hematologic malignancies are a group of neoplastic conditions that can develop from any stage of the hematopoiesis cascade. Small non-coding microRNAs (miRNAs) play a crucial role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Mounting ev...
Despite the great advancements in treatment strategies for hematological malignancies (HMs) over the years, their effective treatment remains challenging. Conventional treatment strategies are burdened with several serious drawbacks limiting their ef...
Hematologic malignancies (HM) comprise diverse cancers of lymphoid and myeloid origin, including lymphomas (approx. 40%), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL, approx. 15%), multiple myeloma (MM, approx. 15%), acute myeloid leukemia (AML, approx. 10%),...
There is increasing interest from cancer patients and their healthcare providers in the use of virtual care in routine clinical practice. In the setting of hematologic malignancy, where patients often undergo complex and immunodepleting treatments, u...
The Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) play vital roles in regulating cellular differentiation, proliferation, and caspase-mediated cell death pathways. They are regarded as promising targets for anti-tumor drug development, particul...
Macrophages are types of immune cells, with ambivalent functions in tumor growth, which depend on the specific environment in which they reside. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a diverse population of immunosuppressive myeloid cells that play...
Patients with hematologic malignancies are reported to have a more severe course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and be less responsive to vaccination. In this prospective study, we aimed to evaluate the serological responses to booster COVID-...
Hematologic malignancies, including leukemias, lymphomas, and multiple myeloma, are diseases of older adults (age ≥ 60 years). Treatment decisions in older adults with cancer are heavily influenced by patient fitness: the ability of an individual...
(1) Background: Trichosporon species have emerged as important opportunistic fungal pathogens, with Trichosporon asahii being the leading and most frequent cause of invasive disease. (2) Methods: We performed a global review focused on invasive trich...
Patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs) have a significantly elevated risk of mortality compared to other cancer patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). The prognostic impact of numerous poor outcome indicators has changed, and resear...
Background: Navify® Mutation Profiler (Navify MP) is a cloud-based, tertiary analysis software that provides curation, annotation, and reporting of somatic genomic alterations and biomarker signatures identified by next-generation sequencing. The...
Hematologic malignancies are known to be associated with numerous cytogenetic and molecular genetic changes. In addition to morphology, immunophenotype, cytochemistry and clinical characteristics, these genetic alterations are typically required to d...
Mortality rates for COVID-19 have declined over time in the general population, but data in patients with hematologic malignancies are contradictory. We identified independent prognostic factors for COVID-19 severity and survival in unvaccinated pati...
Precision medicine is transforming hematologic cancer care by tailoring treatments to individual patient profiles and moving beyond the traditional “one-size-fits-all” model. This review outlines foundational technologies, disease-specifi...
Background and Objectives: There is a need for information regarding the clinical picture of hemorrhagic pneumonia caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in patients with hematologic malignancies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the risk facto...
(1) Background: Hematologic malignancy patients have a heightened risk for prolonged COVID-19 pneumonia. (2) Methods: We retrospectively investigated the clinical significance and serial CT findings of prolonged COVID-19 pneumonia in hematologic mali...
In addition to kidney diseases characterized by the precipitation and deposition of overproduced monoclonal immunoglobulin and kidney damage due to chemotherapy agents, a broad spectrum of renal lesions may be found in patients with hematologic malig...
Interleukin (IL)-33 is a chromatin-related nuclear interleukin that is a component of IL-1 family. IL-33 production augments the course of inflammation after cell damage or death. It is discharged into the extracellular space. IL-33 is regarded as an...
Disease-related malnutrition (DRM) is highly prevalent among patients with hematologic malignancies. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of DRM in hospitalized patients with hematologic malignancies and investigate the level o...
The clinical use of T lymphocytes engineered with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) has revolutionized the treatment of patients with refractory or relapsed hematological malignancies. CAR natural killer (CAR-NK) cells are NK cells engineered with CA...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an unprecedented societal and healthcare system crisis, considerably affecting healthcare workers and patients, particularly those with chronic diseases. Patients with hematologic malignancies faced a variety of ch...
Background: DDX41 is one of the most frequent adult-onset myeloid neoplasm predisposition gene, yet its biology remains incompletely defined. This study investigated the frequency, spectrum, and clinical characteristics of DDX41 variants in Kore...
Background and Objectives: this study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of systemic immune-inflammatory markers, particularly the pan-immune-inflammation value (PIV) and systemic immune-inflammation Index (SII), in predicting overall surv...
Hematologic malignancies, including leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, pose significant therapeutic challenges due to their heterogeneity and high relapse rates. Nanotechnology has emerged as a promising avenue for precision drug delivery in t...
Multispecific antibodies have redefined the immunotherapeutic landscape in hematologic malignancies. Bispecific antibodies (BsAbs), which redirect cytotoxic T cells toward malignant targets via dual antigen engagement, are now established components...
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T)-cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of hematological malignancies, yet long-term efficacy remains constrained by antigen escape and T-cell dysfunction. Recent advances have rapidly elucidated the molecula...
Symptom burden is known to be high in patients with hematologic malignancies and can adversely impact patients’ quality of life. The aims of this retrospective observational cohort study were to explore symptoms in patients with hematologic mal...
Hematologic malignancies, including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative disorder and plasma cell neoplasia, are genetically heterogeneous and characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of their corresponding cell lineages in the bone marrow, p...
Background: Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) is frequently adopted to direct the clinical care of myeloid neoplasms and solid tumors, but its utility in the care of lymphoid and histiocytic cancers is less well defined. Methods: In this study, w...
Background: Patients with hematologic malignancies are highly vulnerable to Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections (GNB-BSIs) due to underlying disease-related immunosuppression, intensive chemotherapy, and repeated invasive interventions, re...
Pathogenic loss-of-function RUNX1 germline variants cause autosomal dominantly-inherited familial platelet disorder with predisposition to hematologic malignancies (RUNX1-FPD). RUNX1-FPD is characterized by incomplete penetrance and a broad spectrum...
Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) represents a major complication in patients with hematologic malignancies, yet existing risk assessment models such as the Khorana and ThroLy scores show limited applicability in this population. Novel tools incorp...
The intracellular topography of RNA molecules, encompassing ribonucleotides with biochemical modifications, such as N6-methyladenosine (m6A), 5-methylcytosine (m5C), adenosine to inosine (A → I) editing, and isomerization of uridine to pseudouri...
This review describes the dramatic transformation that has occurred in the last ten years in the therapeutic landscape for hematologic malignancies, such as leukemias, lymphomas, myelomas, and myelodysplastic syndromes. Treatment paradigms have quick...
Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a conserved and constitutively expressed molecular chaperone and it has been shown to stabilize oncoproteins and facilitate cancer development. Hsp90 has been considered as a therapeutic target for cancers and three c...
Background: Although glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have gained attention for their broad therapeutic effects, their influence on hematologic malignancy remains underexplo...
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has shown promising clinical impact against hematologic malignancies. CD19 is a marker on the surface of normal B cells as well as most B-cell malignancies, and thus has a role as an effective target for...
Background and objectives: Procedural sedation for bone marrow examination (BME) and intrathecal chemotherapy (ITC) is necessary for pediatric patients with hematological malignancies. There has been no report on adverse events after discharge from t...
Patients with hematologic malignancies and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients (HCT) are at high risk for invasive fungal disease (IFD). The practice of antifungal prophylaxis with mold-active azoles has been challenged recently because of drug–...
Numerous recent advancements in T-cell based immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment of hematologic malignancies. In the race towards the first approved allogeneic cellular therapy product, there is growing interest in utilizing natural kil...
Background: The impact of the encounter between coronary heart disease (CHD) and cancer, and in particular hematologic malignancies (HM), remains poorly understood. Objective: The aim of this analysis was to clarify how HM affects the prognosis of ac...
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