An elevated serum beta-2-microglobulin level is an adverse prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with early-stage Hodgkin disease.

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Published in Cancer on December 15, 2002

Authors

Gregory M Chronowski1, Richard B Wilder, Susan L Tucker, Chul S Ha, Andreas H Sarris, Fredrick B Hagemeister, Ibrahim Barista, Mark A Hess, Fernando Cabanillas, James D Cox

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. gchronow@mail.mdanderson.org

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