Is follicular lymphoma incurable?
Perhaps this is not as true as it has been in the past. Below are some recent studies which show how long term survival is becoming more common for follicular lymphoma. Aiming for a curative strategy for follicular lymphoma New Treatment Options Have Changed the Survival of Patients With Follicular Lymphoma Improvement of Overall and Failure-Free Survival in Stage IV Follicular Lymphoma: 25 Years of Treatment Experience Here is an excellent Continuing Medical Education article (CME) which discusses whether or not radioimmunotherapy offers the chance to cure follicular NHL. (Paid subscription required) Radiolabeled and Native Antibodies and the Prospect of Cure of Follicular Lymphoma In 1998 a study was started which examined using extended Rituximab to see how it would affect survival of patients with fNHL. The first results from that study were published in Blood in 2004 with impressive results. Here is that study. Prolonged treatment with rituximab in patients with follicular lymphom
Perhaps this is not as true as it has been in the past. Below are some recent studies which show how long term survival is becoming more common for follicular lymphoma. Aiming for a curative strategy for follicular lymphoma New Treatment Options Have Changed the Survival of Patients With Follicular Lymphoma Improvement of Overall and Failure-Free Survival in Stage IV Follicular Lymphoma: 25 Years of Treatment Experience The following retrospective study looks at the dramatic improvement in survival over the past 3 decades, with the Rituxan era showing a huge improvement of 5 year survival from 80% in the 1970’s to 91% in the Rituxan era. Patterns of survival of follicular lymphomas at a single institution through three decades Here is an excellent Continuing Medical Education article (CME) which discusses whether or not radioimmunotherapy offers the chance to cure follicular NHL. (Paid subscription required) Radiolabeled and Native Antibodies and the Prospect of Cure of Follicular Lymp
