A procedure for establishing indications for radiation and complex treatment of non-Hodgkins disease

Mathematical procedures have been employed which enable to carry out automatic selection within small groups of patients with primary non-Hodgkin's disease, with a view to choose between chemoradiation, radiation or drug therapy. The efficacy of each therapeutical modality was assessed using the data on overall and recurrence-free survival. A computerized program was used for making prognosis for each patient which, in turn, determined the choice of the most effective type of treatment