Is rituximab one for all ages and each sex?
In this issue of Blood, Pfreundschuh et al report that young males treated with rituximab-based immunochemotherapy in contrast to elderly males benefit as much as females from rituximab immunochemotherapy and patients with more rapid rituximab clearance have reduced therapeutic benefit.
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D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D000069283:Rituximab
D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000069283:Rituximab