0
ARTICLE |

The Treatment of AIDS-Related Lymphoma

Umberto Tirelli, MD; Domenico Errante, MD; Eric Oksenhendler, MD; Emanuela Vaccher, MD; Roberta Gastaldi, MD; Giuliano Rizzardini, MD; Silvio Monfardini, MD; Christian Gisselbrecht, MD
JAMA. 1992;267(4):509. doi:10.1001/jama.1992.03480040057024.
Text Size: A A A
Published online

To the Editor.  —Levine et al1 have recently reported in JAMA that low-dose chemotherapy with central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis and zidovudine maintenance did not compromise the therapeutic outcome of 42 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) related to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, patients with poor prognosis, ie, those with low performance status and presence of opportunistic infections (OIs), were not eligible for entry into this study.We in the French-Italian Cooperative Study Group have recently performed a prospective study in patients with poor-prognosis AIDS-related NHL, defined as those with performance status greater than 3 and/or presence of OIs. We used a low-dose chemotherapeutic regimen with CNS prophylaxis in combination with antiretroviral therapy, the aim being to reduce both the toxic effects on the bone marrow and the occurrence of OIs. The chemotherapeutic regimen employed was that used by the European Organization on Research and Treatment of

Sign In to Access Full Content

Don't have Access?

Register and get free email Table of Contents alerts, saved searches, PowerPoint downloads, CME quizzes, and more

Subscribe for full-text access to content from 1998 forward and a host of useful features

Activate your current subscription (AMA members and current subscribers)

Purchase Online Access to this article for 24 hours

Figures

Tables

Interactive Graphics

Video

Country-Specific Mortality and Growth Failure in Infancy and Yound Children and Association With Material Stature

Use interactive graphics and maps to view and sort country-specific infant and early dhildhood mortality and growth failure data and their association with maternal

References

CME
Accreditation Information
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians who complete the CME course and score at least 80% correct on the quiz are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Note: You must get at least of the answers correct to pass this quiz.
You have not filled in all the answers to complete this quiz
The following questions were not answered:
Sorry, you have unsuccessfully completed this CME quiz with a score of
The following questions were not answered correctly:
Commitment to Change (optional):
Indicate what change(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
Your quiz results:
The filled radio buttons indicate your responses. The preferred responses are highlighted
For CME Course: A Proposed Model for Initial Assessment and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Indicate what changes(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
NOTE:
Citing articles are presented as examples only. In non-demo SCM6 implementation, integration with CrossRef’s “Cited By” API will populate this tab (http://www.crossref.org/citedby.html).
Submit a Response

Some tools below are only available to our subscribers or users with an online account.

Sign In to Access Full Content

Related Content

Customize your page view by dragging & repositioning the boxes below.

Jobs