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Up-front rituximab maintenance improves outcome in patients with follicular lymphoma: a collaborative Nordic study

Key findings of study – Patients who received Rituximab with chemo followed by maintenance therapy had an improved 5-year progression free survival and overall survival independent of prognostic factors. A reduction of the risk of transformation was observed among the maintenance patients of the training, but not of the validation, cohort.