July 25, 2023
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VIDEO: Long-term follow up scrutinizes rituximab maintenance for mantle cell lymphoma
In this video, Jakub Svoboda, MD, discusses a study presented at ASCO Annual Meeting that evaluated rituximab maintenance for young patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
The study evaluated median OS, EFS and PFS over a median 7-year period in 299 patients. Researchers found that PFS remained, but OS did not.
"The whole field of mantle cell lymphoma is evolving, and we’ll see how the rituximab maintenance, whether it will continue to be part of our practice," Svoboda, associate professor of medicine at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, said.
Reference :
- Sarkozy C, et al. Abstract 7508. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; June 2-6, 2023; Chicago.
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Svoboda reports no relevant financial disclosures.
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