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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sergio Cortelazzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842008000800013