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Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Radiotherapy in Primary Mediastinal Large B-Lymphoma
Role of Radiotherapy in Primary Mediastinal Large B-Lymphoma
A Aviles, N Neri, R Fernández, J Huerta-Guzman, MJ Nambo
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2011 Dec 13
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Radiotherapy in Primary Mediastinal Large B-Lymphoma
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Dec 13;[Epub Ahead of Print], A Aviles, N Neri, R Fernández, J Huerta-Guzman, MJ Nambo
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Purpose: We developed a controlled clinical trial to assess the efficacy and toxicity of adjuvant-involved field radiotherapy (IFRT) in patients with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma that achieved complete response after the patients were treated with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, and rituximab (R-CHOP-14).Methods and Materials: Between January 2001 and June 2004, 124 consecutive patients who were in complete remission after dose dense chemotherapy and rituximab administration...
