What is your approach for salvage therapy in a patient with Relapsed/Refractory Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma that has received a Rituximab-containing upfront regimen?
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Hematology · USC Keck School of Medicine
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First, it is important to distinguish refractory from relapsed. If the patient has PET positive disease remaining in mediastinum, but TMV (tumor metabolic volume) has decreased significantly, there is sometimes a long period before PMBCL will go fully negative on a PET, especially very bulky tumors....
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