Rituximab-based pre-emptive treatment of molecular relapse in follicular and mantle cell lymphoma

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1503-1511

  Ferrero, Simone ^a   Monitillo, Luigia ^a   Mantoan, Barbara ^a   Barbero, Daniela ^a   Genuardi, Elisa ^a   Barbiero, Sara ^a   Bernocco, Elisa ^a   Caracciolo, Daniele ^a   Ruella, Marco ^a   Drandi, Daniela ^a   Zanni, Manuela ^a   Renna, Federica ^a   Lobetti Bodoni, Chiara ^a   Gueli, Angela ^a   Passera, Roberto ^a   Musto, Pellegrino ^b   Boccadoro, Mario ^a   Tarella, Corrado ^a   Ladetto, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Minimal residual disease; PCR; Pre emptive rituximab; Tailored treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEUTROPENIA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSTATITIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; LYMPHOMA, MANTLE-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885584065     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-013-1797-y     Document Type: Article

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