Clinical study of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma using both the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and World Health Organization classifications

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-115

  Yap, Lee Mei ^a,b   Blum, Robert ^c   Foley, Peter ^a,b   McCormack, Christopher ^b   Turner, Hugh ^c   Seymour, John F ^c   Prince, H Miles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Follicle centre cell lymphoma; Immunocytoma; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Primary cutaneous large B cell lymphoma of the leg

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOMA; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RARE DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038355283     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2003.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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