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Revision as of 20:08, 23 December 2015

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1], Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]

**Treatment of Splenic marginal zone lymphoma^[1]**
Therapy	Description
Watchful waiting	People may not need treatment right away unless they have symptoms
Splenectomy	Often respond very well when their spleen is removed with surgery
Radiation Therapy	When a splenectomy is not an option, external beam radiation therapy to the spleen
Chemotherapy	Doesn’t respond well to chemotherapy Chemotherapy drugs that may be used include: Fludarabine, Cladribine, Pentostatin
Biological therapy	Rituximab (Rituxan) may be used alone or in combination with chemotherapy

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 *Chemotherapy drugs that may be used  include: [[Fludarabine]], [[Cladribine]], [[Pentostatin]]
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