Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Study Group

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** A study group formed in 1975 by three individuals, Hansjorg Riehm in Berlin (B), Bernhard Kornhuber in Frankfurt (F) and Gunther Schellong in Munster (M), who initiated the first multicenter BFM trial. The BFM treatment concept was based on an intensive chemotherapeutic approach employing eight different drugs which led to a revolutionary increase in the survival of children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

**Synonyms:** - BFM-SG - BFM-SG - Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster Study Group