Items Tagged ‘Rituximab’
April 19, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 19, 2019
Washington Post, CTE researchers discover possible step toward diagnostic test for living patients by Jacob Bogage — Medical researchers have made what they cautiously characterized as a possible first step toward diagnosing the neurodegenerative illness chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living patients, according to an article published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. […]
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November 13, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Today Show Allergic to Penicillin? You’re Probably […]
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April 18, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Star Tribune Mayo Clinic builds ‘Better’ app to […]
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November 1, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
November 1, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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December 18, 2009
No Adverse Effect of Statins Seen on Lymphoma Outcomes
Statins have no effect on outcomes in patients with B-cell lymphoma treated with rituximab, but improve event-free survival in patients with follicular lymphoma regardless of rituximab treatment, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Noting that statins can block the binding of rituximab to its target, Grzegorz […]
Tags: B-cell lymphoma, Rituximab
December 9, 2009
ASH: Drug Combo Active in Relapsed Mantle-Cell Lymphoma
Half of patients with relapsed or refractory mantle-cell lymphoma achieved major responses when treated with the investigational agent temsirolimus and rituximab (Rituxan), data from an ongoing clinical study showed. Responses persisted for almost 10 months and demonstrated durability in rituximab-refractory patients, according to Stephen M. Ansell, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. […]
October 21, 2009
ACR: Rituximab Equals Standard Treatment for Vasculitis
Rituximab (Rituxan) and cyclophosphamide were equally effective in inducing remission in patients with severe ANCA-associated vasculitis, researchers reported here. After six months of treatment, 63.6% of patients randomized to receive rituximab and 53.1% of those who received cyclophosphamide achieved disease remission (P=0.089), according to Ulrich Specks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. […]
Tags: Rituximab, vasculitis