Annals of Oncology 14:655-656, 2003
© 2003 European Society for Medical Oncology
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High international prognostic score predicts a worse outcome for patients with Hodgkins disease and HIV infection: results of a prospective study with Stanford V regimen
1 Division of Medical Oncology A, National Cancer Institute, Aviano; 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Civil Hospital, Brescia, Italy; 3 Department of Hematology, Hospital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France
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Recently, Horning et al. reported the results of the Stanford V regimen in patients with locally extensive and advanced Hodgkins disease (HD) with a 5-year freedom from progression (FFP) of 89% and overall survival (OS) of 96% [1]. The authors stated that the FFP was significantly superior among patients with an international prognostic score (IPS) of 02 compared with those with an IPS
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