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Weekly Versus Every-3-Week Paclitaxel and Carboplatin for Ovarian Cancer
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Weekly Versus Every-3-Week Paclitaxel and Carboplatin for Ovarian Cancer

John Chan, Mark Brady, Richard Penson, Helen Huang, Michael Birrer, Joan Walker, Paul DiSilvestro, Stephen Rubin, Lainie Martin, Susan Davidson, …
Obstetrical & gynecological survey, Vol.71(6), pp.344-345
06/2016

Abstract

(Abstracted from N Engl J Med 2016;374:738–748)The current standard treatment in first-line chemotherapy regimens for ovarian cancer (OC) is paclitaxel and carboplatin given every 3 weeks. It has been suggested that a dose-dense regimen of paclitaxel administered weekly (involving greater frequency of drug delivery) may enhance its antineoplastic effect.

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