Therapy of gastric mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 3554-3566

  Morgner, Andrea ^a   Schmelz, Renate ^a   Thiede, Christian ^a   Stolte, Manfred ^b   Miehlke, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Eradication; Gastric lymphoma; H pylori; Molecular genetics; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; MITOXANTRONE; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; OXALIPLATIN; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADVANCED CANCER; ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOPENIA; LONG TERM CARE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; T CELL DEPLETION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA BREATH TEST; VOMITING;

EID: 34547415498     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i26.3554     Document Type: Review

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