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NHL: non-hodgkins lymphoma;
R-CHOP: Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin Hydrochloride, Oncovin(=vincristine), Prednisolone;
CD20 is the name of a protein found on the surface of one of the main types of normal white blood cells (B-cell lymphocytes). It is also present on the surface of most of the abnormal B-cell lymphocytes that occur in some types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Rituximab acts by attacking both abnormal (malignant) and normal B-cell lymphocytes.
MDT= Multi-Disciplinary Team.
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