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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer research from P. Ellis et al outlined
June 18th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Lancet, " Incorporation of a taxane as adjuvant treatment for early breast cancer offers potential for further improvement of anthracycline-based treatment. The UK TACT study (CRUK01/001) investigated whether sequential docetaxel after anthracycline chemotherapy would improve patient outcome compared with standard chemotherapy of similar duration." "Methods in this multicentre, open-label, phase III, randomised controlled trial, 4162 women (aged >18 years) with node-positive or high-risk node-negative operable early breast cancer were randomly assigned by computer-generated permuted block randomisation to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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