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SUBMITTER: Citrin R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653357 | biostudies-other | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Citrin Rebecca R Horowitz Joseph P JP Reilly Anne F AF Li Yimei Y Huang Yuan-Shung YS Getz Kelly D KD Seif Alix E AE Fisher Brian T BT Aplenc Richard R
PloS one 20171023 10
Mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) constitutes a collection of relatively rare pediatric malignancies. In order to utilize administrative data to perform large-scale epidemiologic studies within this population, a two-step process was used to assemble a 12-year cohort of B-NHL patients treated between 2004 and 2015 within the Pediatric Health Information System database. Patients were identified by ICD-9 codes, and their chemotherapy data were then manually reviewed against standard B-NH ...[more]