For the development of new cancer therapies, the effectiveness, compatibility and the advantages compared to the up-to-date therapy have to be proven in clinical trials. Thereby medical progress and enhancement of patient treatment is possible. But it is still unknown today, whether the trial participation itself is beneficial to the individual patient or not. This issue is the topic of the dissertation. The patient data of 152 women with metastatic breast cancer, treated in the years 2002 to 2006 at the “Interdisziplinäres Brustzentrum der TU München”, has been evaluated. The main parameters of the two groups were homogenous and comparable e.g. patient age or the disease free interval. Evaluated have been among other the differences in the overall survival and the survival without cancer progress.
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For the development of new cancer therapies, the effectiveness, compatibility and the advantages compared to the up-to-date therapy have to be proven in clinical trials. Thereby medical progress and enhancement of patient treatment is possible. But it is still unknown today, whether the trial participation itself is beneficial to the individual patient or not. This issue is the topic of the dissertation. The patient data of 152 women with metastatic breast cancer, treated in the years 2002 to 20...
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