This information sheet outlines your treatment. It should be reviewed together with your doctor, nurse or pharmacist to address any questions or concerns.
The treatment schedule below explains when you will receive the medicines and how they are given. Your doctor, nurse or pharmacist will be able to explain how your treatment works in more detail.
It is important to understand that rituximab is not a traditional chemotherapy drug and has a different way of working. It is an immunotherapy treatment (also called anticancer drug) that works with your immune system to detect and destroy cancer cells. Immunotherapy can potentially affect any organ of the body.
The treatment schedule below explains how the immunotherapy drug for this treatment is given.
Rituximab |
This treatment cycle is repeated every 7 days. Your doctor will tell you how many treatment cycles you will have. |
Day |
Treatment |
How it is given |
How long it takes |
1 |
Rituximab (ri-TUX-i-mab) |
By a drip into a vein |
1st cycle: About 4 to 6 hours
Cycles thereafter: About 3 to 4 hours |