Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: Clinical practice guidelines in oncology

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 484-560

  Zelenetz, Andrew D ^a   Abramson, Jeremy S ^b   Advani, Ranjana H ^c   Andreadis, C Babis ^d   Bartlett, Nancy ^e   Bellam, Naresh ^f   Byrd, John C ^g   Czuczman, Myron S ^h   Fayad, Luis E ⁱ   Glenn, Martha J ^j   Gockerman, Jon P ^k   Gordon, Leo I ^l   Harris, Nancy Lee ^b   Hoppe, Richard T ^c   Horwitz, Steven M ^a   Kelsey, Christopher R ^k   Kim, Youn H ^c   LaCasce, Ann S ^m   Nademanee, Auayporn ⁿ   Porcu, Pierluigi ^g   Press, Oliver ^o   Pro, Barbara ^p   Reddy, Nashitha ^q   Sokol, Lubomir ^r   Swinnen, Lode J ^s   Tsien, Christina ^t   Vose, Julie M ^u   Wierda, William G ⁱ   Yahalom, Joachim ^a   Zafar, Nadeem ^v   more..

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^k DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Dana Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center   (United States)

ⁿ CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^p FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^q VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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

^s JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^u NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Diagnosis; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Follicular lymphoma; Hematopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphoma pathology; Lymphoma therapy; Mantle cell lymphoma; Marginal zone lymphoma; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma; Mycosis fungoides; NCCN clinical practice guidelines; NCCN guidelines; Peripheral T cell lymphoma; S zary syndrome; Staging evaluation; Treatment; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BENDAMUSTINE; CARBOPLATIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ELTROMBOPAG; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; OFATUMUMAB; OXALIPLATIN; PENTOSTATIN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; RASBURICASE; RITUXIMAB; ROMIPLOSTIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOMBS TEST; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER SIZE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NK T CELL LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA,; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS FOLLICLE CENTER B CELL LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 79955829407     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2011.0046     Document Type: Review

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