Autologous bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer.
There will be an estimated 180,000 new cases of breast cancer this year with 46,000 deaths. Adjuvant chemotherapy is now firmly established as a valuable modality in breast cancer, improving both disease-free and overall survival in appropriate patients. Unfortunately, chemotherapy has yielded little improvement in the survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer.
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Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous