© 2003 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 9, 683,
May 7, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
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Re: Trends in Use of Adjuvant Multi-Agent Chemotherapy and Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer in the United States: 19751999
Correspondence to: Xianglin L. Du, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, 3.134 Jennie Sealy Hospital, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 775550460 (e-mail: xdu@utmb.edu).
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Mariotto et al. (1) presented unique information on trends in use of adjuvant chemotherapy and tamoxifen for breast cancer in the United States from 1975 through 1999, using data from eight registries of the SEER1 program. In their study, information on adjuvant chemotherapy from the Patterns of Care studies was also used to correct the SEER bias due to underreporting (1