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Review
. 2017 Mar 10:9:73-83.
doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S94059. eCollection 2017.

New developments in the management of Waldenström macroglobulinemia

Jithma P Abeykoon  1 , Uday Yanamandra  2 , Prashant Kapoor  3
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Review

New developments in the management of Waldenström macroglobulinemia

Jithma P Abeykoon et al. Cancer Manag Res. .

Abstract

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare, immunoglobulin M -associated lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. With the recent discoveries of CXCR warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis (WHIM) and MYD88 mutations, our understanding of the biology of WM has expanded substantially. While WM still remains incurable, the field is rapidly evolving, and a number of promising agents with significant activity in this malignancy are being evaluated currently. In this review, we discuss the new developments that have occurred in WM over the past 15 years, with a focus on the role of ibrutinib, an oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has recently been approved for WM in the United States, Europe, and Canada.

Keywords: CXCR4; MYD88; ibrutinib; indolent lymphoma; lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma; management.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure Research funding has been provided to the institution from Celgene, Takeda and Amgen for studies, in which Prashant Kapoor is a principal investigator. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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