Guidelines on the investigation and management of follicular lymphoma

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-467

  McNamara, Christopher ^a   Davies, John ^b   Dyer, Martin ^c   Hoskin, Peter ^d   Illidge, Tim ^e   Lyttelton, Matthew ^f   Marcus, Robert ^g   Montoto, Silvia ^h   Ramsay, Alan ⁱ   Wong, Wai Lup ^d   Ardeshna, Kint ⁱ  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; BENDAMUSTINE; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN; IFOSFAMIDE; INTERFERON; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNIMUSTINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; RITUXIMAB; TENIPOSIDE; VINCA ALKALOID; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EAR INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; NOSE INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARYNGITIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WATCHFUL WAITING;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84856266196     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08969.x     Document Type: Article

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