Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab in patients with advanced, untreated, indolent B-cell nonfollicular lymphomas: Phase 2 study of the Italian Lymphoma Foundation

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3954-3961

  Ferrario, Andrea ^a   Pulsoni, Alessandro ^b   Olivero, Barbara ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^c   Vitolo, Umberto ^d   Tedeschi, Alessandra ^e   Merli, Francesco ^f   Rigacci, Luigi ^g   Stelitano, Caterina ^h   Goldaniga, Maria ^a   Mannina, Donato ⁱ   Musto, Pellegrino ^j   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Gamba, Enrica ^k   Baldini, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Division of Hematology   (Italy)

ⁱ Papardo Hospital   (Italy)

^j REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^k ROCHE MILANO RICERCHE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

chemotherapy; cyclophosphamide; fludarabine; indolent nonfollicular lymphomas; rituximab

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAILURE FREE SURVIVAL; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INDOLENT NONFOLLICULAR NONHODGKIN B CELL LYMPHOMA; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; NODAL MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCYTOPENIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDARABINE;

EID: 84864671103     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26708     Document Type: Article

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