Seventeen previously untreated children with Hodgkin's disease were treated with six courses of the combination adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and DTIC (ABVD), without radiotherapy, from 1984-1987. In all patients, complete remission was attained. After a median follow-up period of 73.5 months
Treatment of Hodgkin's disease in children with or without radiotherapy
β Scribed by Henk Behrendt; Bart N. F. M. van Bunningen; Eleonore F. van Leeuwen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 342 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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