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Treatment Regimens for Immunocompetent Elderly Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Scoping Review.

Elisabeth SchorbLisa Kristina IsbellGerald IllerhausGabriele IhorstJoerg Johannes MeerpohlKathrin GrummichBlin NagavciChristine M Schmucker
Published in: Cancers (2021)
Although it has been shown that HCT-ASCT is probably a feasible and effective treatment option, this approach has never been investigated within a RCT including a wide range of elderly patients. A RCT comparing conventional (immuno) chemotherapy with HCT-ASCT is crucial to evaluate benefit and harms in an un-biased manner to eventually provide older PCNSL patients with the most effective treatment.
Keyphrases
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  • middle aged
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