Myelodysplasia and acute myeloid leukaemia following adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer using mitoxantrone and methotrexate with or without mitomycin

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 745-746

  Cremin, P ^b   Flattery, M ^b   McCann, S R ^b   Daly, P A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Breast cancer; Mitoxantrone; t AML; t MDS; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; MITOXANTRONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029786338     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a010725     Document Type: Article

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