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| Santini,G.; De Souza,C.; Aversa,S.; Patti,C.; Tedeschi,L.; Candela,M.; Olivieri,A.; Chisesi,T.; Rubagotti,A.; Centurioni,R.; Nardi,V.; Congiu,M.; Gennaro,M.; Truini,M.. |
| The objective of this multicenter prospective study was to determine the clinical efficacy and toxicity of a polychemotherapeutic third generation regimen, VACOP-B, with or without radiotherapy as front-line therapy in aggressive localized non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Ninety-three adult patients (47 males and 46 females, median age 45 years) with aggressive localized non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 43 in stage I and 50 in stage II (non-bulky), were included in the study. Stage I patients received VACOP-B for 6 weeks plus involved field radiotherapy and stage II patients received 12 weeks VACOP-B plus involved field radiotherapy on residual masses. Eighty-six (92.5%) achieved complete remission and 4 (4.3%) partial remission. Three patients (3.2%) were primarily... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Localized aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; VACOP-B; Radiotherapy; Toxicity. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000500014 |
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