Dose-Dense Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Clifford A. Hudis, MD, chief, Breast Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses dose-dense chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with breast cancer.
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Clifford A. Hudis, MD, chief, Breast Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses dose-dense chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with breast cancer.
- Early mathematical models suggested scheduling might be a viable alternative strategy to escalating the dose of conventional cytotoxic chemotherapies.
- The big breakthrough in this area was the development of growth factors in the 1980s and 1990s.
- This strategy represents a useful backbone for targeted therapies.
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