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Precision therapies take aim at non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

The dramatic success of ibrutinib has created a more hopeful reality for people with lymphoma, as targeted therapies fill the pipeline.
  1. Elie Dolgin

    1. Elie Dolgin is a science journalist in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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When doctors first diagnosed Peter Younis with Waldenström’s macro-globulinaemia in 2004, there were few drug options available. Like most people with this rare type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Younis, a cattle veterinarian from Port Campbell, Australia, received a regimen of three chemotherapy agents.

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Nature 563, S46-S47 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07363-4

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Lymphoma, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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