How we improved the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma

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Hodgkin lymphoma has long been a model disease in the field of oncology—one of the first diseases we learned to cure with radiation and ultimately chemotherapy. 

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Alex Herrera, MD
Chief, Division of Lymphoma, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope Los Angeles
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When I first proposed targeting PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) as a therapeutic approach, the response I got was: “No one will ever make a drug against PCNA. It’s undruggable.” The protein lacks enzymatic activity, has a disordered region, and binds to over 200 other proteins within the cell. From a traditional drug development perspective, these characteristics made PCNA an impossible target.
Alex Herrera, MD
Chief, Division of Lymphoma, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope Los Angeles

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