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‹ Mon · 29 Jun 2026
Underserved or high-risk populations

Real-world treatment outcomes of peripheral T-cell lymphoma in the era of molecular targeted therapy.

Peripheral T-cell lymphomas show only modest improvements despite targeted therapies, highlighting an unmet need for better treatment approaches.

Real-world PTCL outcomes in the targeted therapy era show modest overall improvement but continued poor prognosis across subtypes, emphasizing the ongoing high unmet need. Subtype-specific analyses identify patients most likely to benefit from molecular targeted agents.

What the study was

Study design
Real-world retrospective cohort
Population
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) patients; real-world Japanese multicenter cohort
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology

Why it surfaced

PTCL is a rare high-unmet-need malignancy; real-world outcomes in targeted therapy era informs clinical practice; publication year 2026 (vol 66) vs CRDT 2026-06-28.

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