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Combination of Lenalidomide and Rituximab Overcomes Rituximab Resistance in Patients with Indolent B-cell and Mantle Cell Lymphomas.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Apr 2015
Chong Elise A, Ahmadi Tahamtan, Aqui Nicole A, Svoboda Jakub, Nasta Sunita D, Mato Anthony R, Walsh Kristy M, Schuster Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Lenalidomide, an immunomodulatory agent that enhances antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, has the potential to synergize with rituximab, an anti-CD20 mAb. We hypothesized that the addition of lenalidomide to rituximab would improve clinical outcomes in patients with B-cell lymphomas who were previously rituximab resistant, defined as no response to or progression of lymphoma within 6 months of...
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