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Lymphoma

News and highlights from ASCO Annual Meetings.


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Personalized Vaccine Slows Growth of Follicular Lymphoma
May 31, 2009

Researchers found that a vaccine called BiovaxID delayed the return of a type of B-cell lymphoma, called follicular lymphoma, by about 14 months for patients whose lymphoma was in remission (the temporary or permanent absence of disease) after treatment with prednisone (multiple brand names), doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Clafen, Neosar), and etoposide (VePesid, Toposar) – a combination called PACE.


Adding Immunotherapy to Chemotherapy Benefits Patients With Various Types of NHL
June 5, 2004

Three new studies suggest that adding rituximab (Rituxan), a monoclonal antibody therapy, to chemotherapy is an effective treatment for several types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made substances that recognize and attach to specific proteins (called antigens) on the outside of lymphocytes (white blood cells). Rituximab binds to an antigen on lymphoma cells called CD20. Researchers think that this action helps the body's immune system destroy the cancer cells.

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