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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Perna SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918257 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ImmunoTargets and therapy 20150319
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) represents a heterogeneous group of malignancies with high diversity in terms of biology, clinical responses, and prognosis. Standard therapy regimens produce a 5-year relative survival rate of only 69%, with the critical need to increase the treatment-success rate of this patient population presenting at diagnosis with a median age of 66 years and many comorbidities. The evidence that an impaired immune system favors the development of NHL has opened the stage for n ...[more]