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Open AccessBaseline and early lymphopenia predict for the risk of febrile neutropenia after chemotherapy
A risk model for febrile neutropenia (FN) after conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy, based on early (day 5) lymphopenia and the dose of chemotherapy, has been described. A risk index based on parameters availa...
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Open AccessA phase I/II study of 4 monthly courses of high-dose cyclophosphamide and thiotepa for metastatic breast cancer patients
This pilot phase I/II study intended to determine the maximum tolerated dose of cyclophosphamide and thiotepa administered on four consecutive courses with peripheral blood progenitor cell and granulocyte-colo...
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Open AccessIdentification of patients at risk for early death after conventional chemotherapy in solid tumours and lymphomas
1–5% of cancer patients treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy die within a month after the administration of chemotherapy. Risk factors for these early deaths (ED) are not well known. The purpose of this study w...
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Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors in patients with non HIV-related primary cerebral lymphoma. A proposal for a prognostic scoring
Between 1982 and 1991, 41 patients were treated for non HIV related primary cerebral lymphoma (PCL) in our institute. The purpose of this study was to perform a multivariate analysis of prognostic factors for ...
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Double megatherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation for advanced neuroblastoma: the LMCE2 study
In the LMCE1 study using a single course of megatherapy most of the relapses occurred during the first 2 years after autologous bone marrow transplantation. A second pilot study (LMCE2) was therefore set up us...
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Abdominal Burkitt-type lymphomas in Algeria
In a previous retrospective analysis from the principal paediatric centres of Algeria, Burkitt-type lymphomas (BL) were shown to account for around 46.5% of the total childhood non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma...
