Article: KING COUNTY MEDICAL BLUE SHIELD TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE TRIALS

 
SEATTLE, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- King County Medical Blue Shield (KCM), the state's largest health care service contractor, announced today it will join a demonstration project sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).  The project, begun in 1991, supports randomized, controlled clinical trials comparing high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplant (HDC/ABMT) with standard therapy in the treatment of breast cancer.  The effectiveness of HDC/ABMT has been the subject of controversy and litigation across the country in recent years. 
"We believe that the issue of whether HDC/ABMT for breast cancer is an effective treatment should not be resolved in ...

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