© 1997 Klmver Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Original article New drugs in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma*

While novel agents designed to target molecular abnormalities involved in lymphoma pathogenesis are most likely to improve current therapeutic results, cytotoxic therapy remains the main-stay of therapy. Several new chemotherapy agents, including purine antimetabolites, taxanes, camptothecins, suramin, and protein kinase C inhibitors, are discussed. Other issues impor-tant in lymphoma drug development, including the limited patient population available for evaluation of investigational agents, are also considered