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SUBMITTER: Khurana S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6350017 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khurana Sharad S Ahmed Salman S Alegria Victoria R VR Aulakh Sonikpreet S Ailawadhi Meghna M Singh Anshika A Chanan-Khan Asher A Ailawadhi Sikander S
SAGE open medical case reports 20190116
Obinutuzumab is used for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. So far there are no data of using this for retreatment in patients who have received it previously. We introduced obinutuzumab for the retreatment in a chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient, who had first achieved partial remission with it and eventually relapsed over a course of 2.5 years. After retreatment with single-agent obinutuzumab, the patient achieved a partial remission again within one cycle and continues to mainta ...[more]