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SUBMITTER: Elstrom RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5176012 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elstrom Rebecca L RL Ruan Jia J Christos Paul J PJ Martin Peter P Lebovic Daniel D Osborne Joseph J Goldsmith Stanley S Greenberg June J Furman Richard R RR Avram Anca A Putman Ryan R Chapman Erica E Mazumdar Madhu M Griffith Kent K Coleman Morton M Leonard John P JP Kaminski Mark S MS
Leukemia & lymphoma 20140617 2
Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is effective treatment for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs), but response durations are usually limited, especially in aggressive NHL. We hypothesized that administration of bortezomib as a radiosensitizer with RIT would be tolerable and improve efficacy in NHL. This phase 1 dose-escalation study evaluated escalating doses of bortezomib combined with 131I-tositumomab in patients with relapsed/refractory NHL. Twenty-five patients were treated. Treatment was well tole ...[more]