Optimization of rituximab for the treatment of DLBCL: Increasing the dose for elderly male patients
British Journal of Haematology Oct 17, 2017
Pfreundschuh M, et al. - Authors here investigated higher rituximab doses for elderly male diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. In these elderly, the higher rituximab dose seemed to abrogate the adverse prognosis of male sex without increasing toxicity. In the era of personalized medicine, they suggested investigating sex-specific pharmacokinetics and toxicities for all drugs where these parameters impact on outcome.
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