Breast Cancer
First Taxane-Based Non-Anthracycline Containing Chemotherapy in Combination With Herceptin (TCH) for HER2 Positive Early Breast Cancer Patients Obtains Approval From the FDA
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 15th, 2008
The Cancer International Research Group (CIRG), a division of TRIO (Translational Research in Oncology) announced that, based on its study BCIRG 006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new treatment consisting of the chemotherapeutic agents Taxotere(R) (docetaxel) and carboplatin combined with Herceptin(R) (trastuzumab) (TCH) for the adjuvant (post-surgery) treatment of HER2 (Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2)-positive early breast cancer. The AC-TH regimen (doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by Taxotere and Herceptin), also investigated in the BCIRG 006 study, received approval at the same time.
Results from the BCIRG 006 clinical...
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