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  1. FIGURE  44.3-7.  Overall  survivals  of  patients  with advanced-stage
  2. follicular  lymphoma according to  initial therapy. Patients  were not
  3. treated at diagnosis,  treated at diagnosis on the  basis of symptoms,
  4. or  treated at  diagnosis in  the absence  of symptoms.  As indicated,
  5. patients who  were candidates  for the  "watch-and-wait" strategy  had
  6. survivals  comparable  to  those  of  patients  who  received  initial
  7. therapy. (Horning S,  Rosenberg SA. The  natural history of  initially
  8. untreated   low-grade   non-Hodgkin's   lymphoma.   N   Engl   J   Med
  9. 1984;311:1471)
  10.