Successful treatment of gastrointestinal follicular lymphoma with rituxan and combination chemotherapy.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2001
Abstract
The clinical course of follicular lymphoma (FL) is well known. Although it is a chemosensitive disease, thereby allowing substantial palliation, recurrence is the rule; only a small subset who presents with limited stage disease is cured. Multiple attempts have been made over the past two decades to improve the survival of patients with FL, and a large number of phase III trials have been reported. These have included a variety of different therapeutic interventions, such as combination chemotherapy, recombinant interferons, new cytotoxic drugs, and immunologic agents. Most studies have not demonstrated that the use of a particular therapy convincingly prolongs survival. Follicular lymphoma cells express CD20 and are associated in most cases with the t(14:18) chromosomal translocation. Rituximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against the B-cell CD20 antigen, which has been utilized for the therapy of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Rituximab was shown to be active in FL, and studies of its effectiveness in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy to increase the response rate are forthcoming.
Volume
18
Issue
4
First Page
277
Last Page
283
ISSN
1357-0560
Published In/Presented At
Al-Salman, J., Salib, H., & Boonswang, P. (2001). Successful treatment of gastrointestinal follicular lymphoma with rituxan and combination chemotherapy. Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 18(4), 277–283. https://doi.org/10.1385/MO:18:4:277
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
11918454
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article