- Patients must have adequate hematologic, hepatic, renal and cardiac function for high dose chemotherapy and adequate health for long-term follow-up. This must Include normal WBC (2 4,0001pl). neutrophll count (2 1,50O/pl), platelet count (2 Institutional lower limit of normal), and LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction by institutional criteria); bilirubin within 1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal; creatinine within 1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal; and no serious disease other than breast cancer.