Hodgkin's variant of Richter transformation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia; a retrospective study from the Israeli CLL study group

Anticancer Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 785-790

  Tadmor, Tamar ^a   Shvidel, Lev ^b   Goldschmidt, Neta ^c   Ruchlemer, Rosa ^d   Fineman, Riva ^e   Bairey, Osnat ^f   Rahimi Levene, Naomi ^g   Herishanu, Yair ^h   Yuklea, Mona ⁱ   Arad, Ariela ^j   Aviv, Ariel ^k   Polliack, Aaron ^c  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j Hematology Department Sanz Medical Center Laniado Hospital   (Israel)

^k HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CLL.; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Hodgkin's variant; Richter syndrome; Richter transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAELI; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICHTER SYNDROME; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLL; HODGKIN'S VARIANT; ISRAEL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RICHTER TRANSFORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CLL; HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA; HODGKIN'S VARIANT; RICHTER SYNDROME; RICHTER TRANSFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897064002     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: 17917530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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