Gemcitabine, cisplatin and methylprednisolone (GEM-P) is an effective salvage regimen in patients with relapsed and refractory lymphoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1352-1357

  Ng, M ^a,b   Waters, J ^c   Cunningham, D ^a,b   Chau, I ^a,b   Horwich, A ^a,b   Hill, M ^c   Norman, A R ^a,b   Wotherspoon, A ^a,b   Catovsky, D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Kent Oncology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Gemcitabine; Lymphoma; Refractory; Relapsed

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOABLATIVE AGENT; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; RITUXIMAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETHARGY; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STOMATITIS; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18944404380     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602514     Document Type: Article

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