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Christoph Kahl
Hematology
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Prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections in patients with hematological malignancies and solid tumors
Morbidity and mortality in patients with malignancies, especially leukemia and lymphoma, are increased by invasive fungal infections. Since diagnosis of invasive fungal infection is often delayed, antifungal p...
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Neurological complications after intrathecal liposomal cytarabine application in patients after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Liposomal cytarabine has been proven to be useful for the prevention and intrathecal treatment of neoplastic meningitis. It has no demonstrable myelosuppressive effects and may therefore be an attractive alter...
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Therapy of mRCC beyond mTOR-inhibition in clinical practice: results of a retrospective analysis
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common renal tumor and accounts for nearly 3 % of adult cancers. In the recent years, seven new targeted agents have been approved changing the treatment in metastatic R...
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A retrospective review of diagnosis and treatment modalities of neuroendocrine tumors (excluding primary lung cancer) in 10 oncological institutions of the East German Study Group of Hematology and Oncology (OSHO), 2010–2012
There is a paucity of data on the incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) outside pulmonary primaries and on treatment modalities applied to patients with NET in clinical practice. Only very little therapeuti...
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Is bendamustine-rituximab a reasonable treatment in selected older patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma? Results from a multicentre, retrospective study
Despite bendamustine-rituximab (BR) showed disappointing efficacy in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), it is still occasionally used as first-line treatment in older DLBCL patients instead of recommended ...
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Open AccessAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation improves long-term outcome for relapsed AML patients across all ages: results from two East German Study Group Hematology and Oncology (OSHO) trials
Relapse of acute leukemia is a frequent complication with uncertain outcome and poorly defined risk factors. From 1621 patients entered into two prospective clinical trials (AML02; n = 740 and AML04; n = 881),...
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Correction to: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation improves long‑term outcome for relapsed AML patients across all ages: results from two East German Study Group Hematology and Oncology (OSHO) trials
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Open AccessDifferent treatment strategies versus a common standard arm (CSA) in patients with newly diagnosed AML over the age of 60 years: a randomized German inter-group study
A randomized inter-group trial comparing more intensive treatment strategies to a common standard arm 3 + 7 (CSA) was conducted in patients with non-M3 AML. Untreated patients ≥ 60 years were allocated to the ...
