Oncology

Live Report from ASH:
Oblimersen Extends Survival in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

December 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
Susan O’Brien
Susan O’Brien

SUSAN O’BRIEN, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
For patients with relapsed or refractory CLL, oblimersen extends survival when added to standard fludarabine/cyclophosphamide chemotherapy. Susan O’Brien presented data from this phase III trial to the American Society of Hematology meeting in Atlanta. Sarah Maxwell reports.

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