How much does it cost to treat children with Hodgkin lymphoma in Africa?

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-199

  Stefan, Daniela Cristina ^a   Stones, David ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Cost; Developing countries; Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GALLIUM; LOMUSTINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG COST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 61349176999     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190802663205     Document Type: Article

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