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ASCO 2022 | Areas of unmet need for DLBCL: primary refractory disease and double-hit lymphoma

Tycel Phillips, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, discusses areas of unmet needs for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), drawing focus on patients with primary refractory disease who do not respond to standard of care treatment. In addition, Dr Phillips highlights double-hit lymphoma, an aggressive type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by translocations involving MYC, and BCL-2 or BCL-6, and are associated with a poor prognosis when treated with standard chemoimmunotherapy. This interview took place at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.