Optimal duration of adjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk node-negative (N-) breast cancer patients: 6-year results of the prospective randomised multicentre phase III UNICANCER-PACS 05 trial (UCBG-0106).

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Date publication

mai 2017

Journal

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr RIOS Maria, Dr DESMOULINS Isabelle


Tous les auteurs :
Kerbrat P, Desmoulins I, Roca L, Levy C, Lortholary A, Marre A, Delva R, Rios M, Viens P, Brain É, Serin D, Edel M, Debled M, Campone M, Mourret-Reynier MA, Bachelot T, Foucher-Goudier MJ, Asselain B, Lemonnier J, Martin AL, Roché H

Résumé

Optimal duration of adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer remained to be investigated rigorously for the standard regimens in widespread use in North America (doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide, AC) and Europe (5-fluorouracil/epirubicin/cyclophosphamide, FEC). Whether six cycles of FEC 100 present an advantage, or not, compared with only four cycles was tested directly in a phase III prospective multicentre trial.

Mots clés

Adjuvant chemotherapy, Breast cancer, Chemotherapy duration, FEC 100, High-risk patients, Node-negative

Référence

Eur. J. Cancer. 2017 May;79:166-175