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SUBMITTER: Nabhan C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5564298 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of hematology 20160524 8
We aimed to comprehensively study sex differences in disease and patients' characteristics, treatment and outcomes in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) in the United States (USA) utilizing the National LymphoCare Study registry (2004-2014). Among evaluable males (n = 1277) and females (n = 1375) with FL, females less commonly received anthracyclines and were more likely to receive rituximab monotherapy. Overall response rates were comparable between sex groups. With a median follow-up of 8. ...[more]