Articles, Press Releases, and Statements
about the NCI Stage III Trials Data on
High Dose Chemotherapy with Stem Cell Rescue
for Breast Cancer Patients
This document is NOT intended to provide you with medical advice.
You should consult qualified practitioners in your area for such information.
This web page provides pointers to documents related to the National Cancer
Institute's release of data on the Stage III trials on high dose chemotherapy
with stem cell rescue for breast cancer patients. This page is not
intended to be exhaustive, but to give a sample of the reaction to the
NCI's release. If you know of an online resource related to this
topic, we will consider it for inclusion on this page. Please send
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List of pointers
National
Cancer Institute press release
American
Society of Clinical Oncology release
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Susan G. Komen Foundation comments
American
Cancer Society comments
New
York Times story
Associated Press story
National Alliance
of Breast Cancer Organizations comments
You Are Not Alone statement
National Breast Cancer
Coalition statement
Time
Magazine story
Legal stuff:
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our members' experiences with the various procedures involved in cancer
treatment from the perspective of the patient to help educate patients
and their caregivers.
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Most recent update: 22 Apr 1999 18:29
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