Abstract
The international index and the age-adjusted international index should be used in the design of future therapeutic trials in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and in the selection of appropriate therapeutic approaches for individual patients.
Keywords
MedicineLymphomaStage (stratigraphy)Internal medicineLactate dehydrogenaseChemotherapyDiseaseInternational Prognostic IndexPerformance statusSurvival analysisOncologySurgeryGastroenterologyDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma
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- 329
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(1993).
A Predictive Model for Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 329
(14)
, 987-994.
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199309303291402
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- 10.1056/nejm199309303291402