Due to an increase in new and effective treatments, outcomes among lymphoma patients have improved, with a 10-year survival rate reported to be higher than 50 percent for many subtypes. With more patients living with and after a lymphoma diagnosis,…
Understanding Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity Cancer is one of the costliest conditions to treat today in the United States. With outcomes among patients with lymphoma improving, managing costs related to the diagnosis and treatment of their disease is a major concern.…
The Lymphoma Research Foundation is aware that the supply of the vital chemotherapy medicine vincristine [Oncovin] may be limited in certain areas of the country. We understand this news is very concerning to patients who receive this medicine and their…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested the voluntary recall from Allergan in reference to the company’s Biocell textured implants linked to breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). According to the Agency, Allergan agreed and is removing these…
On July 23, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has approved the use of rituximab-pvvr (Ruxience, Pfizer), a biosimilar to rituximab (Rituxan, Genentech, Biogen) for the treatment of CD20-positive non-Hodgkin B-cell Lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic…
On June 10, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has approved the use of polatuzumab vedotin-piiq (POLIVY, Genentech, Inc.) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), after at least two prior…
On May 28, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has approved the use of lenalidomide (REVLIMID, Celgene Corporation) in combination with rituximab (RITUXAN, Genentech, Inc.) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular…