New drugs for peripheral T-cell lymphomas
B.D. Cheson
Georgetown University Hospital Washington, D.C, USA
Over the past few years, considerable progress has been made in the treatment of patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL), primarily those with B-cell malignancies. Unfortunately, however, the outcome of patients with peripheral T-cell lymphomas remains disappointing. Although responses can be achieved with intensive combination chemotherapy regimens, relapse is common and few successful salvage therapies are available.
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