Newly diagnosed and relapsed follicular lymphoma: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2011, Pages

  Dreyling, M ^a   Ghielmini, M ^b   Marcus, R ^c   Salles, G ^d   Vitolo, U ^e  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^e MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BENDAMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 80052783903     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr388     Document Type: Article

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