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Which drug was approved in 1997 for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma?

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Which drug was approved in 1997 for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma?

(a) Neosporin

(b) Rituxan

(c) Vectibix

(d) Arzerra

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Query is from Combating Cancer topic in chapter Cancer of Cell Biology

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Right answer is (b) Rituxan

The explanation is: Rituxan was approved in 1997 for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma. It binds to the cell-surface protein CD20 that is present on malignant B cells in 95 percent of cases of this disease.

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