Comparison of Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide Versus Single-Agent Paclitaxel As Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer in Women With 0 to 3 Positive Axillary Nodes: CALGB 40101 (Alliance)
Author(s) -
Lawrence N. Shulman,
Donald A. Berry,
Constance Cirrincione,
Heather P. Becker,
Edith A. Perez,
Ruth O’Regan,
Silvana Martino,
Charles L. Shapiro,
Charles Schneider,
Gretchen Kimmick,
Harold J. Burstein,
Larry Norton,
Hyman B. Muss,
Clifford A. Hudis,
Eric P. Winer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2013.53.7142
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cyclophosphamide , hazard ratio , toxicity , adjuvant , chemotherapy , oncology , paclitaxel , cancer , clinical endpoint , surgery , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval
Optimal adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer balances efficacy and toxicity. We sought to determine whether single-agent paclitaxel (T) was inferior to doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC), when each was administered for four or six cycles of therapy, and whether it offered less toxicity.
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