Long-term maintenance therapy with weekly chlorambucil in patients with symptomatic or progressive follicular lymphoma [1]

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1305-1306

  Manoharan, Arumugam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorambucil maintenance therapy; Follicular lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CHLORAMBUCIL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342542320     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190310001615738     Document Type: Letter

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