Systematic review of high dose chemotherapy and autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: What is the published evidence?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-242

  Kharfan Dabaja, Mohamed A ^a,b   Kumar, Ambuj ^b   Behera, Madhusmita ^b   Djulbegovic, Benjamin ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Outcome; Response rates; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MELPHALAN; MEPREDNISONE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848893310     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06773.x     Document Type: Article

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