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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
The impact of radiotherapy in aggressive NHL is not well defined. In the NHL B-94 trial of the DSHNHL, an irradiation of bulky disease areas was done after completing 6 cycles of CHOP/CHOEP chemotherapy. In the entire patient group, including those patients with extranodal disease and those who did not receive the complete chemotherapy, bulky disease was a significant independent prognostic factor concerning recurrence-free survival (66.1% (no bulk) vs. 53.3% (bulk), p=0.0001). Out of 366 patients with nodal disease only and 6 cycles of chemotherapy according to the protocol, 84 of 91 patients with bulky disease were irradiated with 36 Gy. In this group of patients the prognostic impact of bulky disease could not be shown any longer (recurrence-free survival 77.3% (no bulk) vs. 74.1% (bulk). Localized radiotherapy of bulky disease areas may therefore have contributed to an improvement in outcome in this high-risk group.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0939-5555
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80 Suppl 3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
B84-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Germany, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Life Tables, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Prednisolone, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Prednisone, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:11757716-Vincristine
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Consolidation radiotherapy to bulky disease in aggressive NHL. First results of the NHL B-94 trial of the DSHNHL.
pubmed:affiliation
Department for Radiotherapy, Saarland University, Germany. ruebe@med-rz.uni-saarland.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Multicenter Study