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Provocative data from a German study showed an 81% complete response rate in untreated, elderly DLBCL patients using a chemotherapy-free regimen of polatuzumab (an ADC), glofitamab (a bispecific), and rituximab. This challenges the decades-long R-CHOP chemotherapy backbone and points to a future of targeted frontline therapies.

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A Chemo-Free Bispecific/ADC Regimen Shows High CR Rates in Frontline Elderly DLBCL | RiffOn