Objective:Maintenance treatment with rituximab has been used in some nodal lymphomas,such as follicular and diffuse large cell lymphoma.The aim of this study was to evaluate the survival of extra nodal lymphoma patien...Objective:Maintenance treatment with rituximab has been used in some nodal lymphomas,such as follicular and diffuse large cell lymphoma.The aim of this study was to evaluate the survival of extra nodal lymphoma patients under maintenance treatment.Materials and methods:From July 2008 to December 2017,after induction treatment in patients with extra nodal lymphoma,if the patients consented and the drug was available,they were treated with rituximab every 3 months for 2 years.Results:A total of 112 patients with extra nodal lymphoma met the inclusion criteria.Among them,89 patients had high-grade lymphomas and 23 patients were in the group of low-grade lymphomas.The group of patients with high-grade lymphoma who received the rituximab-containing regimen as a maintenance treatment had lower rates of recurrence and death compared to the group that received rituximab only in the induction phase.In patients with low-grade lymphoma,the recurrence rate and mortality were also lower in the group receiving maintenance treatment compared to other groups,but the difference was not statistically significant.Conclusion:The use of rituximab in patients with extra nodal lymphoma as maintenance can increase the survival of the patients.展开更多
文摘Objective:Maintenance treatment with rituximab has been used in some nodal lymphomas,such as follicular and diffuse large cell lymphoma.The aim of this study was to evaluate the survival of extra nodal lymphoma patients under maintenance treatment.Materials and methods:From July 2008 to December 2017,after induction treatment in patients with extra nodal lymphoma,if the patients consented and the drug was available,they were treated with rituximab every 3 months for 2 years.Results:A total of 112 patients with extra nodal lymphoma met the inclusion criteria.Among them,89 patients had high-grade lymphomas and 23 patients were in the group of low-grade lymphomas.The group of patients with high-grade lymphoma who received the rituximab-containing regimen as a maintenance treatment had lower rates of recurrence and death compared to the group that received rituximab only in the induction phase.In patients with low-grade lymphoma,the recurrence rate and mortality were also lower in the group receiving maintenance treatment compared to other groups,but the difference was not statistically significant.Conclusion:The use of rituximab in patients with extra nodal lymphoma as maintenance can increase the survival of the patients.
