Follicular lymphoma: 2012 update on diagnosis and management

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 988-995

  Freedman, Arnold ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BENDAMUSTINE; BORTEZOMIB; CD103 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD20 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; EPRATUZUMAB; FLUDARABINE; GALIXIMAB; HEMOGLOBIN; IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN; IODINE 131; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LENALIDOMIDE; LUCATUMUMAB; MITOXANTRONE; PARAPROTEIN; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; RITUXIMAB; TENIPOSIDE; TOSITUMOMAB; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL SURFACE; CYTOPENIA; FEVER; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLENT LYMPHOMA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; NIGHT SWEAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK; SALVAGE THERAPY; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VACCINATION; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84866745824     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23313     Document Type: Article

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