Gemcitabine, dexamethasone, and cisplatin in patients with recurrent or refractory aggressive histology B‐cell non‐Hodgkin lymphoma

BACKGROUND: Gemcitabine has been shown to have activity as a single agent in lymphoma and, when combined with cisplatin, is effective therapy for a number of solid tumors. The authors wished to determine the response rate and toxicity of gemcitabine, dexamethasone, and cisplatin for recurrent or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). METHODS: Patients with recurrent or refractory diffuse large B-cell NHL or variants (REAL classification), …