Rituximab immunotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

C A White1

  • 1IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. cwhite@idecpharm.com

Rituximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody targeting the CD20 antigen on B lymphocytes, is now the standard treatment for relapsed, low-grade or follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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