Faster Chemo Technique Increases Survival In Children With Neuroblastoma
Mar 3rd 2008Drug InformationCancer
Chemotherapy given with shorter intervals between treatments than conventional chemotherapy increases survival rates by two thirds in children with high-risk neuroblastoma, according to a study published in the Lancet Oncology*. The ten year trial co-ordinated in six countries by scientists from the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group(CCLG)**, funded by Cancer Research UK, studied the effects of administering chemotherapy every 10 rather than 21 days at 1.
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