Age-related differences among patients with follicular lymphoma and the importance of prognostic scoring systems: Analysis from a population-based non-Hodgkin's lynphoma registry

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1275-1284

  Maartense, E ^a   Le Cessie, S ^b   Kluin Nelemans, H C ^c   Kluin, P M ^c   Snijder, S ^d   Wijermans, P W ^e   Noordijk, E M ^b  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Integraal Kankercentrum West   (Netherlands)

^e LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cause specific survival; Elderly patients; Follicular lymphoma; Prognostic score

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036668670     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdf198     Document Type: Article

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