The objective of this guideline is to provide healthcare professionals with clear guidance on the diagnosis and management of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
M ETHODOLOGYThis Guideline was compiled according to the BSH process at https:// b-s-h. org. uk/ media/ 16732/ bsh-guida nce-devel opmen t-proce ss-dec-5-18. pdf and represents best practice in both teaching and district hospitals in the United Kingdom. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) nomenclature was used to evaluate the levels of evidence and to assess the strength of recommendations. The GRADE criteria can be found at http:// www. grade worki nggro up. org.
Literature review detailsRecommendations included a systematic review of published English language literature from publication of previous British Society for Haematology (BSH) Management of Mantle Cell lymphoma Guidelines 2018 up to 02/2023. The search was limited to English language publications and conference abstracts. Titles/abstracts obtained were curated and manually reviewed by the writing group who conducted additional searches, using sub-section heading terms. In addition, there are some further pertinent references and a consensus of expert opinion where no published data are available. PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane databases and Web of Science were searched using the preliminary search terms: MCL OR Mantle Cell lymphoma OR aggressive Mantle Cell lymphoma OR indolent Mantle Cell lymphoma. Systematic reviews, meta-analysis including guidelines from other countries, prospective clinical trials,