Six Cycles of Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide or Paclitaxel Are Not Superior to Four Cycles As Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer in Women With Zero to Three Positive Axillary Nodes: Cancer and Leukemia Group B 40101
Shulman LN, Cirrincione CT, Berry DA, Becker HP, Perez EA, O'Regan R, Martino S, Atkins JN, Mayer E, Schneider CJ, Kimmick G, Norton L, Muss H, Winer EP, Hudis C. Six Cycles of Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide or Paclitaxel Are Not Superior to Four Cycles As Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer in Women With Zero to Three Positive Axillary Nodes: Cancer and Leukemia Group B 40101. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 4071-4076. PMID: 22826271, PMCID: PMC3494835, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.40.6405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelapse-free survivalHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Primary breast cancerPositive nodesBreast cancerHazard ratioAdjuvant chemotherapyChemotherapy regimenEstrogen receptor/progesterone receptorPrimary efficacy end pointEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Dose-dense fashionDoxorubicin/cyclophosphamideAdjusted hazard ratioCycles of doxorubicinEfficacy end pointOperable breast cancerPositive axillary nodesER/PgRGrowth factor receptor 2Factor receptor 2Chemotherapy regimensAxillary nodesMenopausal statusClinical outcomes