Is radiotherapy curative for stage I and II low-grade follicular lymphoma? Results of a long-term follow-up study of patients treated at Stanford University

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1282-1290

  Mac Manus, M P ^a   Hoppe, R T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0006987727     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1996.14.4.1282     Document Type: Article

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