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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Data from 11 randomised studies on high-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer are currently available. Most investigators, patients and insurers would agree that the two discredited South African trials are uninterpretable, and that the Scandinavian trial (which compares one very high-dose cycle versus six escalated dose cycles) does not ask the question of high-dose therapy versus conventional-dose therapy. Only two of the eight remaining studies randomised more than 200 patients (783 patients for the Cancer and Leukaemia Group B (CALGB) and 885 for the Dutch study). Both of these studies have trends in relapse-free survival favouring high-dose therapy. In a planned analysis of the first 284 patients entered into the Dutch study, with a median follow-up approximately 7 years, both disease-free and overall survival were significantly improved in the high-dose therapy arm. These and the other trials are discussed in detail below.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A critique of the eleven randomised trials of high-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Columbia University, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, MHB 6N 435, 177 Ft Washington Avenue, NYC, NY 10032, USA. kha4@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Meta-Analysis