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LNH B DCG y Profilaxis dirigida SNC. CROH 2014.

https://read.qxmd.com/read/24698003/prophylactic-cns-directed-therapy-in-systemic-diffuse-large-b-cell-lymphoma
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Abhimanyu Ghose, Ria Kundu, Tahir Latif
Overall survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has significantly improved in the last decade, especially after the incorporation of rituximab. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) at presentation or at recurrence is an uncommon event, but carries a dismal prognosis with median survival of less than 6 months. Although prophylactic CNS directed therapy is a widely used approach to prevent this complication, randomized clinical trials have been very limited. CNS prophylaxis has inherent toxicities; therefore, identifying the population of patients who would receive most benefit is of utmost importance...
September 2014: Critical Reviews in Oncology/hematology
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