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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
Investigation of high-dose chemotherapy (HD-CT) compared with standard-dose chemotherapy (SD-CT) as adjuvant treatment in patients with primary breast cancer and >/=10 axillary lymph nodes. From November 1993 to September 2000, 307 patients were randomized to receive after four cycles of epirubicin (90 mg/m(2)), cyclophosphamide (600 mg/m(2)) i.v. (every 21 days) and either HD-CT of cyclophosphamide (1500 mg/m(2)), thiotepa (150 mg/m(2)) and mitoxantrone (10 mg/m(2)) i.v. for four consecutive days followed by stem cell transplantation or a SD-CT of three cycles CMF (cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m(2), methotrexate 40 mg/m(2), 5-fluorouracil 600 mg/m(2), i.v. on day 1 and 8, respectively, every 28 days). After a median follow-up of 6.1 years, 166 events with respect to event-free survival (EFS) (SD-CT: 91, HD-CT: 75) have been observed. The hazard ratio of HD-CT versus SD-CT is estimated as 0.80 [95% confidence interval (0.59, 1.08)], P = 0.15. The trend to a superiority of HD-CT as compared with SD-CT with respect to EFS seems to be more pronounced in premenopausal patients as compared with postmenopausal patients and in patients with tumor grade 3 as compared with patients with tumor grade 1/2. With a follow-up of 6 years, there was a trend in favor of HD-CT with respect to EFS not being significant. A proper meta-analysis needs to be undertaken for an evaluation of subgroups of patients who might benefit from HD-CT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1569-8041
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1082-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Mitoxantrone, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Thiotepa, pubmed-meshheading:18304964-Transplantation, Autologous
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Randomized trial of high-dose adjuvant chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem-cell support versus standard-dose chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with 10 or more positive lymph nodes: overall survival after 6 years of follow-up.
pubmed:affiliation
Center of Oncology, Clinic for Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study