The role of low-dose total body irradiation in treatment of non- Hodgkin's lymphoma: A new look at an old method

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Safwat, Akmal ^a,b,c  

^a Group for Biostatistics in Oncology   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Low dose irradiation; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Whole body irradiation

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SALVAGE THERAPY; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0034237726     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00167-5     Document Type: Review

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