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BCG in the immunotherapy of Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

Results of a controlled trial including 60 patients

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Patients with bad prognosis malignant lymphomas were treated by a combination of radiotherapy and polychemotherapy. After complete remission they were randomized: one group was treated by BCG in dermic scarification, the other one was not treated. The results do not ascertain BCG efficiency but justify the intensive reductive treatment.

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  1. Fondation Bergonié, 180 rue de Saint-Genès, F-33076, Bordeaux Cedex

    B. Hœrni, J. Chauvergne, G. Hœrni-Simon, M. Durand, R. Brunet & C. Lagarde

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Immuno-oncology week, Paris, June 27, 1975

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Hœrni, B., Chauvergne, J., Hœrni-Simon, G. et al. BCG in the immunotherapy of Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Cancer Immunol Immunother 1, 109–112 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00205302

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