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Low fixed dose pembrolizumab with gemcitabine, vinorelbine, liposomal doxorubicin (Pembro100 -GVD) as an effective salvage regimen in relapsed refractory classical hodgkin’s lymphoma and primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma

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Low fixed dose pembrolizumab with GVD(Pembro100-GVD) is an effective, affordable chemo-immunotherapeutic salvage regimen for rrHL and rrPMBCL.

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Limited cycles of low dose pembrolizumab based salvage therapies can be an effective regimen as bridge to transplant in rrHL and rrPMBCL.

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Panda, T., Rainchwar, S., Halder, R. et al. Low fixed dose pembrolizumab with gemcitabine, vinorelbine, liposomal doxorubicin (Pembro100 -GVD) as an effective salvage regimen in relapsed refractory classical hodgkin’s lymphoma and primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma. Ann Hematol 103, 347–349 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-023-05470-5

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