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02:55 p.m. EDT (1855 GMT) July 3, 2003  
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Cancer studies dispute high-dose chemo

Cancer studies dispute high-dose chemo

An aggressive and grueling treatment for breast cancer that uses doses of chemotherapy so high that it destroys the patient's bone marrow offers little or no benefit over standard chemo for women who run the risk of a recurrence, two studies show.

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