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onclive.com/view/dr-ghia-on.... I guess this is the general and hopefully costs will come down so more of the world can benefit

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I think this is inevitable.

However, there remains a cohort of patients who do very well with FCR and I guess its this standard that remains the test against which novel agents are measured.

Further - FCR means no pills on completion of the course (Apart from Co-trimox and Aciclovir while Lymphs < 1.0)

There is treatment related morbidity and mortality to factor in to a FCR treatment choice.

I was reminded that novel agents do also have side effects, when I was steered to FCR.

But that was 2018!

Would I be offered the same now?

Jig

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