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Rituximab and CHOP-like chemotherapy in good-prognosis diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma

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boxed-textPfreundschuh M et al. (2006) CHOP-like chemotherapy plus rituximab versus CHOP-like chemotherapy alone in young patients with good-prognosis diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma: a randomised controlled trial by the MabThera International Trial (MInT) Group. Lancet Oncol 7: 379–391

The combination of rituximab with CHOP chemotherapy is the standard of care for treating patients with diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma

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Coiffier, B. Rituximab and CHOP-like chemotherapy in good-prognosis diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 3, 594–595 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0638

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