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Cristiana A. Costa

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
DUMC Box 3961, Durham, NC 27710
2400 Pratt St Suite 5000, DUMC Box 3961, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2021 - Present Medicine, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2022 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published December 12, 2016
Bendamustine + Rituximab Followed by 90YIT Is Safe, Effective in Patients With Follicular Lymphoma

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Recent Publications


Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase II Study of Bendamustine and Rituximab Followed by 90-Yttrium (Y) Ibritumomab Tiuxetan for Untreated Follicular Lymphoma (Fol-BRITe).

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · October 15, 2019 PURPOSE: Bendamustine and rituximab (BR) has been established as a superior frontline therapy over R-CHOP in the treatment of follicular lymphoma (FL). Yttrium-90 Ibritumomab tiuxetan (90YIT) is an effective consolidation strategy after chemotherapy induct ... Full text Link to item Cite

–positive relapsed and refractory, diffuse large ‐cell lymphoma: Impact of additional “hits” and outcomes with subsequent therapy

Journal Article Cancer · November 15, 2017 BACKGROUNDThe impact of MYC proto‐oncogene, basic helix‐loop‐helix (MYC) translocations (with or without additional rearrangements involving the B‐cell lymphoma 2 [BCL2 Full text Cite

Outcomes of Patients With Double-Hit Lymphoma Who Achieve First Complete Remission

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Oncology · July 10, 2017 Purpose Patients with double-hit lymphoma (DHL) rarely achieve long-term survival following disease relapse. Some patients with DHL undergo consolidative autologous stem-cell transplantation (autoSCT) to reduce th ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


A Collaborative Community Effort using belantamab mafodotin in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GlaxoSmithKline · 2023 - 2030

LCCC 1944

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2022 - 2027

LARC multicenter retrospective Center-Based Chart Review

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Genentech, Inc. · 2022 - 2027

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Education, Training & Certifications


Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine · 2011 D.O.