Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on July 19, 2005
Annals of Oncology 2005 16(12):1979-1980; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdi387
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© 2005 European Society for Medical Oncology
Letter to the Editor |
Reply to "Weekly paclitaxel in elderly breast cancer patients", by C. Smorenburg et al. (Ann Oncol 2005; 16: 1979)
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Smorenburg and ten Tije rightly suggest that the higher than previously reported rate of cardiotoxicity observed in the GIOGer study on weekly paclitaxel in elderly patients
1 Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa; 2 Clinical Trials Unit, NCI, Naples, Italy
* E-mail: lucia.delmastro@istge.it