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. 1997;75(2):306–309. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1997.50

CODE chemotherapy with and without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in small-cell lung cancer.

M Fukuoka 1, N Masuda 1, S Negoro 1, K Matsui 1, T Yana 1, S Kudoh 1, Y Kusunoki 1, M Takada 1, M Kawahara 1, M Ogawara 1, N Kodama 1, K Kubota 1, K Furuse 1
PMCID: PMC2063260  PMID: 9010043

Abstract

Sixty-three patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer were randomized to receive either cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin and etoposide (CODE) alone or CODE plus recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF). rhG-CSF administration in support of CODE chemotherapy resulted in increased mean total received dose intensity for all drugs (P = 0.03) with a significant improvement in survival (P = 0.004).

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