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Original Articles: Clinical

The impact of initial fludarabine therapy on transformation to Richter syndrome or prolymphocytic leukemia in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: analysis of an intergroup trial (CALGB 9011)

Melhem SolhFlorida Center for Cellular Therapy, Orlando, FL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kanti R. RaiLong Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USA
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Bercedis L. PetersonCancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Statistical Center and Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Jonathan E. KolitzNorth Shore University Hospital, Lake Success, NY, USA
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Frederick R. AppelbaumFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA and Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)
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Martin S. TallmanMemorial Hospital, New York, NY, USA and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
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Andrew BelchCross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and National Cancer Institute-Canada Clinical Trials Group
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Richard A. LarsonUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA and CALGB, and
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Vicki A. MorrisonVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA; for the North American Intergroup
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Pages 252-254 | Received 20 Feb 2012, Accepted 04 Jul 2012, Published online: 08 Sep 2012

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