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Hairy Cell Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 10/09/2009
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Changes to This Summary (10/09/2009)

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Relapsed or Refractory Hairy Cell Leukemia 1

Revised text 2 to state that rituximab can induce durable complete remissions with minimal toxic effects in the majority of patients with relapsing or refractory disease after purine analog therapy or after interferon (cited Angelopoulou et al. as reference 6).



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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/hairy-cell-leukemia/HealthProf
essional/22.cdr#Section_22
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/hairy-cell-leukemia/HealthProf
essional/24.cdr#Section_24