European Journal of Cancer
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 84-94, January 2010

Dose-intensified epirubicin versus standard-dose epirubicin/cyclophosphamide followed by CMF in breast cancer patients with 10 or more positive lymph nodes: Results of a randomised trial (GABG-IV E-93) – The German Adjuvant Breast Cancer Group☆

  • Wolfgang Eiermann

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    • Frauenklinik vom Roten Kreuz, Taxistraße 3, 80637 München, Germany
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  • Erika Graf

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    • Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 26, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Beyhan Ataseven

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    • Frauenklinik vom Roten Kreuz, Taxistraße 3, 80637 München, Germany
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  • Bettina Conrad

      Affiliations

    • Brustzentrum, Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Kassel, Weinbergstraße 7, 34117 Kassel, Germany
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  • Jörn Hilfrich

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    • Henriettenstiftung, Schwemannstraße 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany
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  • Heidi Massinger-Biebl

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    • Gemeinschaftspraxis, Marktplatz/Weißbräugasse 2a, 94065 Waldkirchen, Germany
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  • Sabine Vescia

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    • Stadtkrankenhaus Hanau, Leimenstr. 20, 63450 Hanau, Germany
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  • Sibylle Loibl

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    • German Breast Group, GBG Forschungs GmbH, Schleussnerstraße 42, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, Germany
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  • Gunter von Minckwitz

      Affiliations

    • German Breast Group, GBG Forschungs GmbH, Schleussnerstraße 42, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, Germany
    • Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, J.W. Goethe Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Martin Schumacher

      Affiliations

    • Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 26, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Manfred Kaufmann

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, J.W. Goethe Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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  • for the German Adjuvant Breast Cancer Group

Received 23 June 2009; received in revised form 1 September 2009; accepted 1 October 2009. published online 02 November 2009.

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    • ☆ This report presents the final analysis of trial GABG-IV E-93. Preliminary results were reported at the ASCO Annual Meeting in 2001.

    PII: S0959-8049(09)00726-6

    doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2009.10.001

    European Journal of Cancer
    Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 84-94, January 2010