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Phase I/II Study to Further Escalate the Dose of Carboplatin in Combination with GM-CSF in the Treatment of Refractory Ovarian Cancer

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Notwithstanding substantial improvement of the results by the introduction of cisplatin and carboplatin into the treatment strategy against ovarian cancer, the majority of the patients still face a grim prognosis (1,2,3,4).

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ten Bokkel Huinink, W.W. (1991). Phase I/II Study to Further Escalate the Dose of Carboplatin in Combination with GM-CSF in the Treatment of Refractory Ovarian Cancer. In: Howell, S.B. (eds) Platinum and Other Metal Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0738-7_39

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