Persistent mediastinal mass is not indicative of recurrence after chemotherapy only in paediatric Hodgkin's disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-108

  Van Den Berg, H ^a,c   Verhulst, L ^a   Behrendt, H ^a   Staalman, C R ^b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Hodgkin's disease; Mediastinal tumour; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034079328     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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