Pharmacyclics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Novel Oral Btk Inhibitor for Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin'...(fied as either Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin'...),Health

Date:4/13/2009

fied as either Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). NHL is the most prevalent type of lymphoma: the National Cancer Institute estimates there will be more than 66,000 new cases and over 19,000 deaths from NHL in the United States in 2008. There are many different types of NHL, which are generally divided as either B-cell, the most common, or T-cell NHL. Though treatment of NHL has improved significantly, nearly 25% of patients with B-cell lymphomas do not respond to standard therapy, which generally consists of high-dose radiotherapy, chemotherapy or a combination of both.

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