Summary Table 29. Adjuvant systemic therapy

Author, year, LocationSample descriptionNo. EligibleMeasurement PeriodRate (%)/ Key Differences
Quality of chemotherapy: proper doses administered (≥ 85% dose intensity [DI] & relative dose intensity [RDI]) of CMF IV
Ottevanger, 2002, NetherlandsPopulation-based sample premenopausal women, node (+) BC; stages II to IIIA treated from 1988-1992 in 9 hospitals2541993-199878.9% (DI); 58.7% (RDI)/NA
Availability of office procedure manual used for chemotherapy administration IV
Cornfeld, 2001, USConvenience sample women BC treated in the private practice of 11 oncologists2201999-2000 (9 mo)100%/NA

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Cover of Measuring the Quality of Breast Cancer Care in Women
Measuring the Quality of Breast Cancer Care in Women.
Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 105.
Schachter HM, Mamaladze V, Lewin G, et al.
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