The Role of Rituximab in Lymphomas

Over the last years the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma underwent a great advance in relation to the diagnosis, classification, high-dose chemotherapy, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Simultaneously with this, there was the development of new drugs and support therapy which enabled an improvement in the evolution and survival of the patients. The use of monoclonal antibodies against cancer cells is an old idea and in this report the results of the role of the anti-CD20-Rituximab in lymphomas is discussed.

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Main Author: Coiffier,Bertrand
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular 2002
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842002000300004
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