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Staging laparotomy in Hodgkin's disease.
Staging laparotomy is a useful procedure as long as regional radiotherapy continues to be the primary modality of treatment for early Hodgkin's disease. However, many oncologists have extended the indications for systemic chemotherapeutic agents. Studies are in progress to evaluate the effectiveness of chemotherapy alone for all patients with B symptoms as well as for those with stages I and II...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198005000-00008