Treatment of B cell lymphoma with chemotherapy plus rituximab: A survival benefit can be demonstrated in the routine data of a regional cancer registry

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 561-570

  Krause, Stefan W ^c   Gerken, Michael ^a   Andreesen, Reinhard ^a,b   Hofstädter, Ferdinand ^a,b   Klinkhammer Schalke, Monika ^a  

^a Tumorzentrum Regensburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Chemotherapy; Lymphoma; Non Hodgkin; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; SURVIVAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84860800632     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-011-1361-6     Document Type: Article

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