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Treatment of Older Patients with Mantle-Cell Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Hanneke C. KluinNelemans,
Eva Hoster,
Olivier Hermine,
Jan Walewski,
Marek Trněný,
Carsten Geisler,
Stephan Stilgenbauer,
Catherine Thiéblemont,
Ursula VehlingKaiser,
Jeanette K. Doorduijn,
Bertrand Coiffier,
Roswitha Forstpointner,
Hervé Tilly,
Lothar Kanz,
Pierre Feugier,
Michał Szymczyk,
Michael Hallek,
Stephan Kremers,
G. Lepeu,
Laurence Sanhès,
Josée M. Zijlstra,
Réda Bouabdallah,
Pieternella J. Lugtenburg,
Margaret Macro,
Michael Pfreundschuh,
Vít Procházka,
Francesco Di Raimondo,
Vincent Ribrag,
M. Uppenkamp,
Marc André,
W. Klapper,
W. Hiddemann,
Michael Unterhalt,
Martin Dreyling
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1200920
Subject(s) - medicine , rituximab , vincristine , mantle cell lymphoma , chemoimmunotherapy , cyclophosphamide , fludarabine , chop , gastroenterology , prednisone , international prognostic index , regimen , surgery , maintenance therapy , lymphoma , chemotherapy
The long-term prognosis for older patients with mantle-cell lymphoma is poor. Chemoimmunotherapy results in low rates of complete remission, and most patients have a relapse. We investigated whether a fludarabine-containing induction regimen improved the complete-remission rate and whether maintenance therapy with rituximab prolonged remission.

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