| Journal: | Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000305869 |
| ISSN: | 1516-8484 |
| Authors: | Coiffier, Bertrand1 |
| Institutions: | 1Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, Rhone-Alpes. Francia |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Volumen: | 24 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 182-187 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Descriptivo |
| English abstract | Over the last years the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma underwent a great advance in relation to the diagnosis, classification, high-dose chemotherapy, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Simultaneously with this, there was the development of new drugs and support therapy which enabled an improvement in the evolution and survival of the patients. The use of monoclonal antibodies against cancer cells is an old idea and in this report the results of the role of the anti-CD20-Rituximab in lymphomas is discussed |
| Portuguese abstract | Nos últimos anos o tratamento do linfomas não Hodgkin apresentou um grande avanço no diagnóstico, classificação, quimioterapia com altas doses e o transplante de células percursoras hematopoiéticas. Simultaneamente houve o desenvolvimento de novas drogas e no tratamento de suporte o que possibilita um avanço na evolução e sobrevida dos pacientes. A idéia do emprego de anticorpos monoclonais no tratamento do câncer é antiga e neste relato são apresentados os resultados e o papel do anti-CD20-Rituximab nos linfomas |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Farmacología, Hematología, Oncología, Linfoma no Hodgkin, Anticuerpos monoclonales, Antígeno CD20, Rituximab |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, Pharmacology, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Monoclonal antibodies, CD20 antigen, Rituximab |
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