The treatment of indolent lymphomas: watchful waiting v aggressive combined modality treatment.
Young R, Longo D, Glatstein E, Ihde D, Jaffe E, DeVita V. The treatment of indolent lymphomas: watchful waiting v aggressive combined modality treatment. Seminars In Hematology 1988, 25: 11-6. PMID: 2456618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCombined Modality TherapyCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinEtoposideEvaluation Studies as TopicHumansLeucovorinLeukemiaLeukemia, Radiation-InducedLymph NodesLymphoma, Non-HodgkinMechlorethamineMethotrexateNeoplasms, Multiple PrimaryNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedPalliative CarePrednisoneProcarbazineRandom AllocationVincristineConceptsAdvanced indolent lymphomaLimited radiation therapyTotal nodal irradiationIndolent lymphomaRadiation therapyModality treatmentInitial treatmentAggressive combined modality therapyCombined modality therapyEvaluable patientsInduction therapyInitial therapyNodal irradiationFirst remissionInitial remissionFrequent relapsesMedian durationModality therapySystemic therapyCombination chemotherapyMedian timeHistologic progressionLonger survivalPatient's diseasePatients