New proposal for the treatment of poor prognosis young patients with advanced stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Nova proposta de tratamento no linfoma difuso de grandes células B no paciente jovem de mau prognóstico em estágio avançado
Patients with DLBCL now have a better outcome with a longer survival because of two major developments: 1) increasing the dose of active drugs with shortening the time between cycles, resulting in dose-dense or dose-intense regimens; and 2) combining rituximab with chemotherapy. Both strategies were...
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Elsevier
2008-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842008000800013 |