Improved treatment results of children with B‐cell non‐Hodgkin lymphoma: A report from the Japanese Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Group B‐NHL03 study

BACKGROUND: Previous Japanese studies of childhood B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) have shown a favorable outcome, though the study size was too small to effectively assess the efficacy and safety of treatment for childhood B-NHL. PROCEDURE: We performed a nation-wide prospective B-NHL03 study to assess the efficacy and safety of short-pulse intensive chemotherapy for children with B-NHL. They were stratified into four treatment groups …