Adjuvant chemotherapy in older women (ACTION) study-what did we learn from the pilot phase

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1260-1266

  Leonard, R ^a   Ballinger, R ^b   Cameron, D ^c   Ellis, P ^d   Fallowfield, L ^b   Gosney, M ^e   Johnson, L ^f   Kilburn, L S ^f   Makris, A ^g   Mansi, J ^d   Reed, M ^h   Ring, A ⁱ   Robinson, A ^j   Simmonds, P ^k   Thomas, G ^a   Bliss, J M ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

chemotherapy; clinical trial; elderly breast cancer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY TERMINATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80055017404     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.377     Document Type: Article

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