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Combination chemotherapy with adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, methotrexate, etoposide and dexamethasone (ACOMED) followed by involved field radiotherapy induces high remission rates and durable long-term survival in patients with aggressive malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: long-term follow-up of a pilot study

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Pages 1729-1734 | Received 25 May 2005, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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