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Bone Marrow Purging and Maintenance With Rituximab Delays Follicular Lymphoma Progression
Bone Marrow Purging and Maintenance With Rituximab Delays Follicular Lymphoma Progression
N Osterweil
20100612
2010 Jul 12
Elsevier Global Medical News
Bone Marrow Purging and Maintenance With Rituximab Delays Follicular Lymphoma Progression
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jul 12, N Osterweil
CHICAGO (EGMN) - Bone marrow purging with rituximab followed by autologous stem cell transplant and rituximab maintenance significantly increased the 5-year progression-free survival rate for patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma in the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Lym-1 trial.In an intention-to-treat analysis of 280 patients at a median follow-up of 6.4 years, the rate among those who were randomized to rituximab (Rituxan, MabThera) purging and maintenance...