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Correction to McGuire et al., N Engl J Med 334(1):1-6 January 4, 1996.

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Volume 334:1268-1270 May 9, 1996 Number 19
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Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer

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To the Editor: As reported by McGuire et al. (Jan. 4 issue),1 the results of the Gynecologic Oncology Group's phase 3 trial comparing paclitaxel plus cisplatin with cyclophosphamide plus cisplatin in women with ovarian cancer are exciting and encouraging. However, the data from this trial need to be interpreted with caution, for a number of reasons.

First, there is increasing evidence that the patients in the control group may not have received the best available platinum-based treatment. McGuire et al. state, "It appears that the relative benefit of paclitaxel in our trial was not due to a poorer-than-anticipated outcome" in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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