[Malignat non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in childhood. Therapeutic results in 47 patients].
A preliminary report is presented on survival in 16 children with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated since 1975, as compared with that in 31 similar children treated between 1962 and 1974. In the former group, 10 of 14 children (71%) survived one or more years and 5 of 9 children (56%) two or more years with no evidence of disease. In the latter group, the corresponding survival rates were 26% and 19% respectively. This improvement is due to the introduction of an aggressive multidrug chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy, similar to the LSA2-L2 protocol. Considerable toxicity was observed with the new treatment. 23 of the 46 patients with diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphoma had a Burkitt-type tumor. Treatment failures occurred mainly in children with a Burkitt-type tumor with primary intraabdominal localization.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013557:Switzerland
Malignes Nicht-Hodgkin-Lymphom im Kindesalter Behandlungsresultate bei 47 Patienten.