Rituximab in combination with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide in the treatment of patients with recurrent follicular lymphoma

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Sacchi, Stefano ^a,h   Pozzi, Samantha ^a   Marcheselli, Raffaella ^a   Federico, Massimo ^a   Tucci, Alessandra ^b   Merli, Francesco ^c   Orsucci, Loretta ^d   Liberati, Marina ^e   Vallisa, Daniele ^f   Brugiatelli, Maura ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f Hospital of Piacenza   (Italy)

^g Papardo Hospital   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Fludarabine; Follicular lymphoma; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Recurrent; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; OPEN STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH EXCESS BLASTS; REMISSION; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDARABINE;

EID: 34347241762     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22740     Document Type: Article

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