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Hello sir/ma'am . My father got diagnosed with stage four NHL in the month of nov 2021. He was asked to undergo six cycles of chemo therapy comprising of bendamustine and rituximab. He underwent fifth already. Doctor here suggests maintenance therapy of rituximab every 3 months. How would you suggest? PS- we got it diagnosed at Apollo chennai and the treatment is going in Ghy,Assam . Kindly through some light.
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Can u please share the biopsy report. Maintenance rituximab is recommended in follicular lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma.
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