Patients |
Group A |
Group B |
No. |
21 |
21 |
No. after severe toxicity of chemotherapy |
19 |
23 |
Survivors at the end of therapy |
18 |
21 |
Mortality during therapy |
1 (5%) |
2 (8%) |
Five-year survival |
68% |
39% |
Toxicity of therapy:
- Anaphylactoid reaction, candida esophagitis, cardiac arrhythmia
- Bone marrow depression
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Pericardial effusions
- Pneumonitis |
Two
One
Zero
Zero
Zero |
Zero
Zero
One
Two
One |
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