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Intermittent chemotherapy

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Intermittent chemotherapy has the following advantages:

  • it exploits the difference in recovery rate between normal and malignant tissues
  • it is less toxic
  • it allows administration of higher doses, hence higher fractional cell kill
  • it allows restoration of the immune system between doses

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