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Junshik Hong1, Sojung Lee1, Gayoung Chun1

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center Incheon Regional Cancer Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Blood Research
|July 7, 2016
PubMed
Summary

Baseline renal impairment (RI) is an independent predictor of poorer outcomes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients receiving R-CHOP21 chemotherapy. This finding highlights the importance of assessing kidney function for prognosis in DLBCL.

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