Breast Cancer
Taxotere(R)-Based Chemotherapy Significantly Improved Overall Survival Compared With Standard Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 25th, 2007
Results presented at the 30th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) showed that for women with early stage breast cancer who have had surgery, treatment with the investigational chemotherapy combination of Taxotere(R) (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate and cyclophosphamide significantly improved overall survival compared to standard chemotherapy. The presentation reports results with a median follow-up of seven years and has been updated since the last report was published with 5.5 years median follow-up [Jones S et al. J Clin Oncol, 2006, 24:5381-7]. This latest report has also been updated from the abstract submitted to SABCS 2007.
In the updated analysis,...
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