Seventy-six patients with advanced breast cancer were entered into the current study. They were randomized to receive either idarubicin (IDA) 45 mg/m2 orally or doxorubicin (DX) 75 mg/m2 intravenously (IV), both drugs being administered every 3 weeks. Among 37 evaluable patients who received DX trea
A randomized trial of doxorubicin versus doxorubicin plus cisplatin in patients with advanced thyroid carcinoma
β Scribed by Katsutaro Shimaoka; David A. Schoenfeld; William D. Dewys; Richard H. Creech; Ronald Deconti
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 471 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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