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Despite the increasing use of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, few studies have focused on the activity and toxicity of the diffe...
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Cisplatin/etoposide/ifosfamide stepwise dose escalation with concomitant granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor for patients with far-advanced testicular carcinoma
In order to develop a more dose-intensive induction regimen for the treatment of far-advanced testicular tumours, the German Cooperative Group for Testicular Tumours started a dose-escalation trial of cisplati...
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Randomized study on the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase with busulfan versus hydroxyurea versus interferon-alpha
For palliative therapy during the chronic phase of CML busulfan has proved to be the drug of choice. During the past years hydroxyurea and also interferon-alpha have gained increasing significance since they m...