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Case report

First report of refractory grey zone lymphoma in an adolescent patient treated successfully with pembrolizumab

Maria Dudzik
1
,
Anna Zaniewska Tekieli
2
,
Walentyna Balwierz
1, 3
,
Szymon Skoczeń
1, 3
,
Jolanta Goździk
2, 4
,
Malgorzata Czogala
1, 3

  1. Department of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children Hospital, Kraków, Poland
  2. Transplantation Centre, University Children Hospital, Kraków, Poland
  3. Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  4. Department of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology, Institute of Paediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2025; 29 (4): 393–398
Online publish date: 2025/10/30
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