1. Longer therapy, iatrogenic amenorrhea, and survival in early breast cancer
- Author
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Swain, Sandra M., Jong-Hyeon, Jeong, Geyer, Charles E. Jr, Costantino, Joseph P., Pajon, Eduardo R., Fehrenbacher, Louis, Atkins, James N., Polikoff, Jonathan, Vogel, Victor G., Erban, John K., Rastogi, Priya, Livingston, Robert P., Perez, Edith A., Mamounas, Eleftherios, P., Land, Stephanie R., Ganz, Patricia A., and Wolmark, Norman more...
- Subjects
Docetaxel -- Comparative analysis ,Docetaxel -- Health aspects ,Breast cancer -- Drug therapy ,Doxorubicin -- Comparative analysis ,Doxorubicin -- Health aspects ,Chemotherapy -- Evaluation ,Amenorrhea -- Causes of ,Cancer -- Chemotherapy ,Cancer -- Evaluation - Abstract
A study was conducted to evaluate and compare the efficacy of concurrent docetaxel (ACT) versus sequential regimens of ACT on survival rate in early breast cancer. Results indicated that sequential ACT far greatly improved disease free survival as well as overall survival rate in the case of such patients. more...
- Published
- 2010