Rescue chemotherapy for patients with resistant or relapsed endemic Burkitt's lymphoma

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 602-607

  Hesseling, P B ^a   Molyneux, E ^b   Kamiza, S ^b   Broadhead, R ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Burkitt's lymphoma; Endemic; Malawi; Relapse; St Jude's regimen; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAWI; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT CANCER; REMISSION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; THERAPY DELAY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; METHOTREXATE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 43149105141     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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