title: [Current status of chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant lymphomas].
abstract: Chemotherapy of malignant lymphomas has accomplished a significant progress during the two decades. Cure can be expected in a significant proportion of patients, even those with advanced disease. The major obstacle for cure is selection and overgrowth of a drug-resistant tumor cell population. For this reason, a number of investigators have tested the efficacy of intensive chemotherapy including non-cross-resistant alternating regimens and hybrid regimens. Today, with intensive combination chemotherapy, at least 60% of patients with advanced Hodgkin's disease and 50% of those with diffuse large cell lymphoma can be curable. The authors update the review of the chemotherapy for malignant lymphomas, and also report outcomes of chemotherapy in our own patients.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohnoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murashima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mizuta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012074:Remission Induction; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D011344:Procarbazine; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014750:Vincristine; D011241:Prednisone