oncology
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Sandra Horning, Stanford University Medical Center
It is not necessary to use rituximab along with standard CVP (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, predinsone) induction therapy in patients with advanced follicular lymphoma. However, the use of rituximab maintenance, after induction …
Vincent Rajkumar, Divison of Hematology, Mayo Clinic
At a section of the hematology meeting talking about newly diagnosed multiple myeloma and the evolving treatments, Vincent Rajkumar discussed new agents such as lenolidamide and thalidomide. Audio Medica asked him …
Owen O’Connor, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Owen O’Connor also gave data from early, two studies: one looking at treating lymphoma with the drug SAHA which targets BCL-6 in the tumor preventing it’s anti-apoptotic influence; the other …
