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Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 17, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236471. Submitted August 10, 2009; accepted October 26, 2009.
Published online first on November 17, 2009 [Cancer Research, 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2604] A Novel Paradigm to Trigger Apoptosis in Chronic Lymphocytic
Encouaging results, but n is too small Preliminary Results of a Phase II Study of Lenalidomide and Rituximab in Relapsed / Refractory Indolent Non-Hodgkin's
Early but interesting. == New Drug Blocks "Undruggable" Target in Cancer Cells http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/111709/page3 Researchers have created a