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SUBMITTER: Porrazzo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7408608 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Porrazzo Marika M Nicolai Emanuele E Riminucci Mara M Vitale Candida C Coscia Marta M De Paoli Lorenzo L Rago Angela A Buscicchio Giulia G Maestrini Giacomo G Ligia Silvio S Di Prima Alessio A Corsi Alessandro A Caronna Roberto R Gaidano Gianluca G Mauro Francesca Romana FR
Cancers 20200703 7
The role of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in identifying Richter Syndrome (RS) is well established, while its impact on the survival of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has been less explored. The clinical characteristics and PET/CT data of 40 patients with a biopsy-proven CLL who required frontline chemoimmunotherapy, FCR (fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, rituximab) in 20 patients, BR (bendamustine, rituximab) in 20, were retrospectively analyzed. Stand ...[more]