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. 2008 Oct 27;6:62. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-6-62

Table 3.

Absolute benefit at 5 years of the most important adjuvant treatments for cancer

Adjuvant Regimen Type of Cancer % Absolute Benefit at 5-years
IFN vs none28 Melanoma > 3.0
CMF like CT vs none63 Breast 4.7
Anthracycline based CT vs CMF like CT63 Breast 3.3
FolFox vs none64 Colo-rectal 5.9
Platinum-based CT vs none65 Lung 4.1
Platinum-based CT vs none66,67 Ovarian 7–9