In 35 cases of advanced Hodgkin's disease (stage IIIB to IVB), of whom 33 were no longer responsive to the alkylating agents, vinblastine produced clinically useful remissions in 22 patients or 64%. Complete objective responses were unusual but one third of these cases experienced partial remissions
Treatment of advanced Hodgkin's disease in pediatric patients
β Scribed by Beverly Lange; Philip Littman; Louise Schnaufer; Audrey Evans
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 400 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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