Phase I oncology studies: evidence that in the era of targeted therapies patients on lower doses do not fare worse.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on February 09, 2010

Authors

Rajul K Jain1, J Jack Lee, David Hong, Maurie Markman, Jing Gong, Aung Naing, Jennifer Wheler, Razelle Kurzrock

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Phase I Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-4009, USA. rjain@mdanderson.org

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