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RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab and yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan, can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver radioactive cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well giving yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan together with rituximab works in treating patients with recurrent primary CNS lymphoma.
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Secondary
Tertiary
OUTLINE: Patients receive rituximab IV on day 1. Within 4 hours after rituximab administration, patients receive indium In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan IV over 10 minutes. Patients then undergo whole body imaging. Patients whose dosimetry indicates that their CNS lesion would receive a sufficient radioimmunotherapy dose receive a therapeutic dose of yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan IV over 20-30 minutes on day 7.
Patients are followed monthly for 3 months, every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 2 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 10 patients will be accrued for this study.
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
Recurrent disease
Primary CNS lymphoma
Measurable gadolinium-enhancing lesion on MRI of the brain
No impaired bone marrow reserve
No hypocellular bone marrow
No marked reduction in bone marrow precursors of one or more cell lines (granulocytic, megakaryocytic, erythroid)
No pleural effusion
No chronic lymphocytic leukemia
No AIDS-related lymphoma
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PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery
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