Variation in the use of up-front chemotherapy for indolent B-cell lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Hematol Oncol. 2017 Dec;35(4):921-924. doi: 10.1002/hon.2382. Epub 2016 Dec 16.

Authors

Jaleh Fallah^{1

2}, Adam J Olszewski^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, USA.
³ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.

PMID: 27982452
DOI: 10.1002/hon.2382

No abstract available

Keywords: Waldenström macroglobulinemia; chemotherapy; chronic lymphocytic leukemia; follicular lymphoma; health services; watchful waiting.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Databases, Factual
Female
Humans
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy*
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / mortality
Lymphoma, Follicular / drug therapy*
Lymphoma, Follicular / mortality
Male
Middle Aged
United States / epidemiology