PET2-Adapted Therapy in Patients With Advanced-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated With Frontline ABVD: Searching for the Baby in the Bathwater
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Antonio Pinto
Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
Correspondence: Antonio Pinto
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Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
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Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
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Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorRosaria De Filippi
Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi Federico II, Naples, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGaetano Corazzelli
Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
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Antonio Pinto
Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
Correspondence: Antonio Pinto
Search for more papers by this authorAnnarosa Cuccaro
Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMatteo Bonanni
Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAlberto Fresa
Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorRosaria De Filippi
Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi Federico II, Naples, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGaetano Corazzelli
Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, Naples, Italy
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