This document summarizes strategies for treating mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), including:
- When to treat: stratifying based on prognostic factors like the Mantle Cell International Prognostic Index (MIPI)
- What to treat with: conventional chemotherapy like R-CHOP plus newer drugs like bortezomib; more intensive regimens including Hyper-CVAD have shown improved survival
- Rituximab improves outcomes and its addition to chemotherapy is recommended
- Bendamustine plus rituximab has efficacy comparable to R-CHOP for MCL