Joe Burchenal and the birth of combination chemotherapy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 493-503

  Thomas, Angela ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Burchenal; Combination chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

2,6 DIAMINOPURINE; AMINOPTERIN; ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZASERINE; CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; FOLINATE CALCIUM; FOLINIC ACID; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAREER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSARCOMA; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646238257     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06072.x     Document Type: Review

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