A randomised pilot Phase II study of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) or epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (EC) given 2 weekly with pegfilgrastim (accelerated) vs 3 weekly (standard) for women with early breast cancer.

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Published in Br J Cancer on January 27, 2009

Authors

R L Jones1, G Walsh, S Ashley, S Chua, R Agarwal, M O'Brien, S Johnston, I E Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Breast Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London, UK.

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