Parental longevity and prognosis in elderly patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-301

  Ösby, Eva ^a   Askling, Johan ^a   Landgren, Ola ^a   Dickman, Paul W ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Björkholm, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOXANTRONE; PARENTS; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 2942620843     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860410028510     Document Type: Article

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