Pediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Japan
Y Koga, J Ueyama, M Sekimizu, T Mitsui, T Mori, R Fukano, K Gunma, T Osumi, T Mori, A Kikuchi, S Sunami, R Kobayashi · Klinische Pädiatrie · 2014 · Heft 03
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In Japan, no clinical trial for childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma has been conducted to date, and precise clinical information such as epidemiology, treatments, prognosis, and late complication of the disease has been left unclarified. To the present day, treatment is conducted independently at each hospital by referring to the results of clinical trials done in Western countries, because there are only around 20 cases of childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma in Japan per year. One hundred fifty-seven patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma treated in 4 childhood cancer study groups from 1985 to 2000 in Japan were retrospectively an…
