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The role of rituximab in autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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The addition of rituximab to chemotherapy has substantially changed the treatment strategies for patients with B-cell lymphomas. Rituximab, combined with standard chemotherapy regimens, shows consistently improved results compared with chemotherapy alone and has been extensively employed in both newly diagnosed and relapsed patients with B-cell lymphoma. Because of its low toxicity profile and its potent antilymphoma activity mediated through direct apoptotic and indirect effector mechanisms, rituximab also has been actively incorporated into stem cell transplantation (SCT) protocols to attain a state of minimal disease, provide a safe and effective method for in vivo purging prior to autologous SCT, and promote graft-versus-lymphoma effects in allogeneic SCT. This review compiles the still immature but rapidly growing data on this combined modality.

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Naparstek, E. The role of rituximab in autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Curr Hematol Malig Rep 1, 220–229 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11899-006-0003-x

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