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High dose chemotherapy for breast cancer: Out with the old, in with the new?

U.A. Nitz, S. Mohrmann, J. Fischer, et al. Comparison of rapidly cycled tandem high-dose chemotherapy plus peripheral blood stem cell support versus dose-dense conventional chemotherapy for adjuvant treatment of high-risk breast cancer: results of a multicentre phase III trial. Lancet 2005;366:1935–1944.

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