## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. The prevalence of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) increases with age. Although chemoimmunotherapy (CIT) has dramatically improved response rates in patients with CLL, some CIT regimens are not well tolerated by many patients β₯70 years of age. ## METHODS. Sixtyβfour
Pentostatin and rituximab therapy for previously untreated patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
β Scribed by Neil E. Kay; Wenting Wu; Brian Kabat; Betsy LaPlant; Thomas S. Lin; John C. Byrd; Diane F. Jelinek; Michael R. Grever; Clive S. Zent; Timothy G. Call; Tait D. Shanafelt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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