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Table 4 Cause of death during chemotherapy

From: Dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy followed, as indicated, by trastuzumab for one year in patients with early breast cancer: first report at 5-year median follow-up of a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group randomized phase III trial

Cause of death

N

Treatment arm

Time from initiation of CT until death (weeks)

Febrile neutropenia

1

B

9

Febrile neutropenia

1

A

19

Infection (Hepatitis B reactivation)

1

A

10

Pulmonary embolism

1

C

13

Acute myocardial infarction

1

C

3

Acute respiratory failure

1

B

15

Unspecified

1

C

18

  1. N number of patients, CT chemotherapy.