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Article

Case Studies of Elderly Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

by
Stefano Luminari
1,2,* and
Massimo Federico
2
1
Dipartimento di Oncologia, Ematologia e Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Centro Oncologico Modenese, Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, Italy
2
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Università, 4, 41121 Modena, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hematol. Rep. 2011, 3(s3), e7; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2011.s3.e7
Submission received: 21 July 2011 / Revised: 6 October 2011 / Accepted: 20 October 2011 / Published: 28 October 2011

Abstract

The treatment of patients with non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is often the treatment of elderly patients, as most patients are older than 65 years at diagnosis. These elderly patients present particular therapeutic challenges, because they may be more frail and at greater risk of treatment-related toxicity, especially anthracycline-related cardiotoxicity, than younger patients. The following two case studies illustrate the challenges and therapeutic decision-making in managing elderly patients with an aggressive and an indolent form of lymphoma.
Keywords: non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; follicular lymphoma; case studies; anthracycline; cardiotoxicity; elderly patients non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; follicular lymphoma; case studies; anthracycline; cardiotoxicity; elderly patients

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Luminari, S.; Federico, M. Case Studies of Elderly Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Hematol. Rep. 2011, 3, e7. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2011.s3.e7

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Luminari S, Federico M. Case Studies of Elderly Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Hematology Reports. 2011; 3(s3):e7. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2011.s3.e7

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Luminari, Stefano, and Massimo Federico. 2011. "Case Studies of Elderly Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma" Hematology Reports 3, no. s3: e7. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2011.s3.e7

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