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Fair, C., Shanley, R., Rogosheske, J. et al. BEAM conditioning is well-tolerated and yields similar survival in obese and non-obese patients with lymphoma: no requirement for weight-based dose modifications. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 491–493 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.316
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