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Central nervous system (CNS) recurrence is a devastating outcome after initial therapy for diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) or high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL), yet predicting the risk of CNS recurrence and selecting patients for aggressive CNS-directed prophylaxis remains difficult. In the rituximab era, 2% to 4% of patients with DLBCL/HGBL experience a CNS recurrence.^1-4  The CNS International Prognostic Index (CNS-IPI) can identify a higher-risk group (with incidence 10% to 12%), but half of events occur among patients with low/intermediate scores.¹  Increased risk observed with the dual-expresser (MYC/BCL2) immunophenotype, double-hit HGBL with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements, as well as involvement of the bone marrow, testis, or breast, highlights the need to elucidate biology associated with the CNS invasion potential in DLBCL/HGBL.^5-7