Peripheral T-cell lymphomas respond well to vincristine, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, prednisone and etoposide (VACPE) and have a similar outcome as high-grade B-cell lymphomas

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Karakas, T ^a,c   Bergmann, L ^a   Stutte, H J ^a   Jager E ^b   Knuth, A ^b   Weidmann, E ^a   Mitrou, P S ^a   Hoelzer, D ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

B cell lymphoma; Chemotherapy; High grade lymphomas; Large cell anaplastic lymphoma; Peripheral T cell lymphomas; Pleomorphic T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, HIGH-GRADE; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0030467763     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199609045720     Document Type: Article

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