Eleven patients with Hodgkin's disease refractory to chemotherapy were treated with six cycles of intermediate-dose methotrexate with calcium leucovorin rescue, followed by cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (MTXCHOP). Three other patients were treated with a similar program
146 Radiotherapy salvage for Hodgkin's disease after chemotherapy failure
β Scribed by A. Wirth; J. Corry; K.H. Liew
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 102 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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