Low-Intensity Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer in Older Women: Results From the Prospective Multicenter HOPE Trial
Sedrak M, Sun C, Ji J, Cohen H, Gross C, Tew W, Klepin H, Wildes T, Dotan E, Freedman R, O'Connor T, Chow S, Fenton M, Moy B, Chapman A, Dale W, Katheria V, Kuderer N, Lyman G, Magnuson A, Muss H. Low-Intensity Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer in Older Women: Results From the Prospective Multicenter HOPE Trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 41: 316-326. PMID: 36455189, PMCID: PMC9839299, DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.01440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow relative dose intensityRelative dose intensityAdjuvant chemotherapyHOPE trialDose intensityOlder patientsOlder womenBreast cancer benefitPrespecified secondary analysisCurative-intent treatmentInferior survival outcomesChemotherapy dose intensityKaplan-Meier methodLow performance statusMultivariable logistic regressionLog-rank testOverall survival probabilityToxic side effectsCancer benefitOverall survivalPerformance statusStandard chemotherapySupportive carePrimary outcomeSurvival outcomes