Total body irradiation and cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone in the treatment of favorable prognosis non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
β Scribed by Joseph T Leimert; Michael P Corder; Hamed H Tewfik; Robert Guthrie; Lawrence C Maguire; Roger D Gingrich
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 450 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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## Abstract Sixty patients with nonβHodgkin's lymphomas were treated with a cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone (CVP) induction regimen, either alone (stage IV) or in combination with radiotherapy (stages I, II, III). The response rates for lymphocytic and histocytic lymphomas were 82 an
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