title: Efficacy of rituximab maintenance therapy for aggressive B-cell lymphoma depends on use of rituximab in induction therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan Department of Hematology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nannya
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan Department of Informative Clinical Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seishima
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan htsuru@gifu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsurumi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D000069283:Rituximab / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000069283:Rituximab
keywords: aggressive lymphoma; meta-analysis; rituximab maintenance