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Audio Journal of Oncology, December 11th, 2007
Reporting from: American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 8-11 2007, Atlanta

Can Intensive Immunochemotherapy Cure Mantle Cell Lymphoma?
CHRISTIAN GEISLER, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
REFERENCE: ABSTRACT LB1, ASH 2007

Mantle cell lymphoma, which was previously considered incurable, has apparently been cured in some patients on a phase II study. Derek Thorne got the details on the study – which featured an intensive immunochemotherapy approach - from Christian Geisler of Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.