Abstract
To the Editor: In their study of the efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who respond slowly to chemotherapy, Verdonck et al. (April 20 issue)1 used response criteria that may have influenced the outcome. A variety of criteria have been proposed to assess response in patients with lymphoma, but the most widely accepted are those ratified at the Cotswolds meeting,2 which define a partial remission as “a decrease by at least 50 percent in the sum of the products of the largest perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions.” In contrast, Verdonck et.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 727-730 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 333 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 14 Sep 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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