High-Dose Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

Antman et al report of the results of nine randomized clinical trials involving the use of high-dose chemotherapy in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Although no definitive conclusions can be reached from the available data, hints of benefit from some of the trials suggest more and better...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 1999-11, Vol.282 (18), p.1701-1703
Hauptverfasser:	Antman, Karen H, Heitjan, Daniel F, Hortobagyi, Gabriel N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Bone Marrow Transplantation Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy Breast Neoplasms - mortality Breast Neoplasms - pathology Chemotherapy Clinical trials Clinical Trials as Topic Female Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Humans Neoplasm Metastasis Survival Analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	Antman et al report of the results of nine randomized clinical trials involving the use of high-dose chemotherapy in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Although no definitive conclusions can be reached from the available data, hints of benefit from some of the trials suggest more and better information is needed.
ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598
DOI:	10.1001/jama.282.18.1701