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To the Editor: Autologous bone marrow transplantation has been a controversial treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Proponents of the procedure have pointed to studies indicating an increase in disease-free survival with this approach, whereas others have suggested that the improved survival has been due to patient selection.¹

From 1996 through 1998, the number of requests for autologous bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast cancer received by Anthem Blue Cross increased from 64 per year to 83 per year. Two important events occurred in May 1999: the company expanded the indications for autologous bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast cancer to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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