Factors influencing the decision to add chemotherapy to adjuvant hormonal therapy in women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.
Chagpar A, Lewis J, McMasters K, Edwards M. Factors influencing the decision to add chemotherapy to adjuvant hormonal therapy in women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Cancer Research 2009, 69: 4105. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-4105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAddition of chemotherapyHormone receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerAbsolute survival benefitAdjuvant hormonal therapyOverall survival benefitHormonal therapySurvival benefitOverall survivalAdjuvant chemotherapyClinicopathologic factorsAbsolute benefitBreast cancerHormone receptor-positive patientsReceptor-positive patientsTamoxifen Adjuvant trialMedian patient ageMedian tumor sizeMajority of patientsYears of ageCohort of interestAdjuvant trialsLymphovascular invasionPatient agePositive disease