Front-Line Therapy for Elderly Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients: Bendamustine Plus Rituximab or Chlorambucil Plus Rituximab? Real-Life Retrospective Multicenter Study in the Lazio Region

Previous studies investigated the efficacy and the safety of bendamustine (B) vs. chlorambucil (Chl) associated with rituximab (R) in fludarabine-ineligible patients with treated and untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We conducted a retrospective multicenter study in the Lazio region to f...

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Main Authors: Francesco Autore, Idanna Innocenti, Francesco Corrente, Maria Ilaria Del Principe, Serena Rosati, Paolo Falcucci, Alberto Fresa, Esmeralda Conte, Maria Assunta Limongiello, Daniela Renzi, Laura De Padua, Alessandro Andriani, Francesco Pisani, Giuseppe Cimino, Agostino Tafuri, Marco Montanaro, Francesca Romana Mauro, Giovanni Del Poeta, Luca Laurenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2020.00848/full