TY - JOUR
T1 - What's happening? Current status of high dose chemotherapy in breast cancer
AU - Glück, Stefan
AU - Stewart, Douglas
PY - 1999/12
Y1 - 1999/12
N2 - To date, no definite answers are available to the initial question, as to whether or not HDCT and ASCT can improve the quantity or quality of life. Completing the available prospective, randomized phase III studies; using HDCT earlier in the course of treatment, applying drugs that are active against breast cancer, comparing the experimental treatment to standard therapy, and using appropriate sample size to detect clinically meaningful and statistically significant differences are all paramount requirements to answer the question successfully. Within the next few years, a number of European [13] and two Canadian studies [6, 14] that are currently accruing patients, will contribute important information regarding the role of HDCT and ABMT for breast cancer.
AB - To date, no definite answers are available to the initial question, as to whether or not HDCT and ASCT can improve the quantity or quality of life. Completing the available prospective, randomized phase III studies; using HDCT earlier in the course of treatment, applying drugs that are active against breast cancer, comparing the experimental treatment to standard therapy, and using appropriate sample size to detect clinically meaningful and statistically significant differences are all paramount requirements to answer the question successfully. Within the next few years, a number of European [13] and two Canadian studies [6, 14] that are currently accruing patients, will contribute important information regarding the role of HDCT and ABMT for breast cancer.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0955-3886(99)00095-8
DO - 10.1016/S0955-3886(99)00095-8
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:0345759310
VL - 21
SP - 211
EP - 214
JO - Transfusion and Apheresis Science
JF - Transfusion and Apheresis Science
SN - 1473-0502
IS - 3
ER -