Dr. John Kiess Kurtz M.D.

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• Promising Results for Hodgkin Patients Using This Therapy

  Researcher Dr. Bradford S. Hoppe and his colleagues at the University of Florida College of Medicine have recently found that the addition of proton therapy to first-line chemotherapy regimens may improve outcomes for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.Lymphoma is classically treated with both...

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• Astonishing Clinical Trial Results Show Promise for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Research

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