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Palbociclib and Letrozole in Advanced Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Richard S. Finn,
Miguel Martín,
Hope S. Rugo,
Stephen E. Jones,
SeockAh Im,
Karen A. Gelmon,
Nadia Harbeck,
O. N. Lipatov,
Janice M. Walshe,
Stacy Moulder,
Eric Gauthier,
Dongrui R. Lu,
Sophia Randolph,
Véronique Dièras,
Dennis J. Slamon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1607303
Subject(s) - palbociclib , letrozole , medicine , breast cancer , oncology , estrogen receptor , cancer , gynecology , metastatic breast cancer , tamoxifen
A phase 2 study showed that progression-free survival was longer with palbociclib plus letrozole than with letrozole alone in the initial treatment of postmenopausal women with estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer. We performed a phase 3 study that was designed to confirm and expand the efficacy and safety data for palbociclib plus letrozole for this indication.

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