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Chemotherapy in Polycythemia Vera*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

G. Stecher
Affiliation:
Forschungsgruppe Freiburg, Institut Für Hämatologie der GSF, Assoziation mit Euratom, Freiburg/Breisgau, Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Köln
G. Reinhardt
Affiliation:
Forschungsgruppe Freiburg, Institut Für Hämatologie der GSF, Assoziation mit Euratom, Freiburg/Breisgau, Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Köln

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210 cases of polycythemia vera were observed over a period of 15 years. The majority of them received P32; treatment with Myleran instead of with radioactive phosphorus was instituted only recently. To a small number of patients chemotherapy was given alternately with P32. The differing response pattern to either kind of treatment and the possible interference of therapy with the natural development of the disease process are demonstrated in a few selected cases.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1968

Footnotes

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Research supported in part by the Association Contract “Hematology” between the GSF and Euratom.

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