Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on December 30, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2009 101(1):67; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn406
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Re: 'A Threefold Dose Intensity Treatment With Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide for Patients With Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Trial'
Affiliations of authors: European Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Solid Tumor Working Party (MB); Gruppo Italiano per il Trapianto di Midollo Osseo (GITMO), Sezione Tumori Solidi (PP), Milan, Italy
Correspondence to: Paolo Pedrazzoli, MD, Gruppo Italiano per il Trapianto di Midollo Osseo, Oncologia Medica Falck, Ospedale Niguarda Ca Granda, 20162 Milano, Italy (e-mail: paolo.pedrazzoli@ospedaleniguarda.it).
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Leyvraz et al. (1) have recently reported on a multicenter phase 3 study of conventional dose ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide (ICE) vs high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) with stem cell support in patients with limited