Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in countries with limited resources; lessons from use of a single protocol in India over a twenty year peroid

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1570-1583

  Magrath, I ^a,f   Shanta, V ^b   Advani, S ^c   Adde, M ^a,f   Arya, L S ^d   Banavali, S ^c   Bhargava, M ^d   Bhatia, K ^e,f   Gutierrez M ^e   Liewehr, D ^f   Pai, S ^c   Sagar, T G ^b   Venzon, D ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE WIA   (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144434378     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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