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High-Dose Chemotherapy as Treatment for High-Risk Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Recent data from randomized trials of high-dose chemotherapy as treatment for high-risk primary and metastatic breast cancer provide important information about the risks and benefits of this treatment approach. Further research through well-designed, hypothesis-oriented clinical trials is needed to establish the role of high-dose chemotherapy in a multimodality treatment approach. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center continues to conduct such research.

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Ueno, N.T., Champlin, R.E. (2001). High-Dose Chemotherapy as Treatment for High-Risk Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer. In: Hunt, K.K., Robb, G.L., Strom, E.A., Ueno, N.T. (eds) Breast Cancer. M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21842-7_12

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