Long-Term Remission Of Follicular Lymphoma Achieved Through Gentler Chemotherapy Before Stem Cell Transplant

Treating relapsed follicular lymphoma patients with a milder chemotherapy regimen before they receive a blood stem cell transplant from a donor resulted in long-term complete remission for 45 of 47 patients in a clinical trial, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.The two patients who had relapsed after the treatment regained a complete response after additional therapy. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Lymphoma / Leukemia on December 15th, 2007