High Response Rate
Among Lymphoma Patients and Promising Early Results in Trials for Pancreatic Cancer and Multiple Myeloma
Not exact matches
Pediatric Hodgkin
lymphoma patients are
among the possible beneficiaries.
When Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) researchers evaluated the overall and site - specific incidence of cancer
among patients registered in the United States Immune Deficiency Network (USIDNET), they found increased cancer incidence rates
among patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases — and, in particular, a significant increase in
lymphoma cases.
Shah noted that cerebral edema has also been observed in clinical trials —
among 6 ALL
patients participating in the JUNO trials (and in 1
patient with non-Hodgkin
lymphoma treated in the ZUMA - 1 phase II registration trial).
However, the data did show that
among patients aged 65 to 74, the proportion enrolled in
lymphoma and CML trials mirrored the reported incidence of hematologic malignancies in this age group.
Among HIV - positive
patients with Hodgkin
lymphoma, a new study finds that blacks are significantly less likely than whites to receive treatment for the cancer, even though chemotherapy saves lives.
Current practice is therefore based on findings from early - phase and retrospective primary CNS
lymphoma studies, and extrapolations of survival data
among patients with systemic B - cell
lymphoma, Dr. Doorduijn said.