title: Treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
abstract: A review of new or emerging ideas concerning diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) is presented with particular emphasis on histologic classification, genetic prognostic factors, and first-line treatments. This lymphoma rests the most heterogeneous of all lymphomas for its clinical characteristics and outcome. This heterogeneity is probably secondary to the fact that a large proportion seems to occur from a transformation of an unknown indolent lymphoma. Current treatment is based on the combination of chemotherapy including cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine, prednisone (CHOP) or dose-intense CHOP-like regimen, and rituximab (R-CHOP).
authors.affiliation: Hematology Department, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, 69495 Pierre-Benite, Lyon, France. bertrand.coiffier@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coiffier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001955:British Columbia; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005060:Europe; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000069283:Rituximab; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000069283:Rituximab