Long-term efficacy, curative potential, and prognostic factors of radiotherapy in primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 899-906

  Eich, Hans Theodor ^a   Eich, Dorothee ^a   Micke, Oliver ^b   Stützer, Hartmut ^a   Casper, Claus ^a   Krieg, Thomas ^a   Müller, Rolf Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Primary cutaneous B cell lymphoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DATA REDUCTION; TUMORS;

POLYCHEMOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOMA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242586079     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04199-8     Document Type: Article

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