Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 449-452 , October 2003

Sequential paclitaxel reduces recurrence and mortality in women with early breast cancer

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 Sources of funding: Supported in part by Grant no. CA31946 from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD. After completion of the trial, Bristol-Myers Squibb provided a grant for statistical and administrative support.

☆☆ For correspondence: I. Craig Henderson, MD, University of California at San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero St, Box 1710, San Francisco, CA 94143. E-mail: craig.henderson@accessoncology.com.

 Abstract provided by Bazian Ltd., London.

PII: S0305-7372(03)00167-1

doi: 10.1016/S0305-7372(03)00167-1

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 449-452 , October 2003