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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of the present paper was to evaluate correlations between clinical response to chemotherapy and outcome in a subgroup analysis of premenopausal patients with tumours considered too large for breast conserving surgery, treated with primary chemotherapy (n = 200) from a previously published trial (Scholl S.M., Fourquet A., Asselain B, et al. Eur J Cancer 1994, 30A, 645-652). Objective response rates amounted to 65% following four courses. In a multivariate Cox regression analysis, comparing seven parameters, the following variables were associated with poor survival: clinically involved nodes [N1b:RR: 2.7 (95% CI 1.3-5.3)], the failure to respond to chemotherapy [D:RR: 2.62 (95% CI 1.3-5)] and a raised S phase fraction [SPF > 5%: RR: 2.4 (95% CI 1.2-5)]. Parameters associated with increased metastatic recurrence rates, by order of entry in the model, were: young age [< 35: RR: 2.46 (95% CI 1.2-5)], large clinical tumour size [T3: RR: 2.02 (95% CI 1.2-3.4)], poor histological grade (SBR III: RR: 1.93 (95% CI 1.1-3.3)] and the failure to respond to chemotherapy [D: RR: 1.91 (95% CI 1-3.4)]. The assessment of both tumour cell proliferation rates as well as possibly drug resistance markers (although not available in the present study) should be helpful in selecting patients likely to benefit from intensified chemotherapy regimens. The most accurate predictor of response in the present study appeared to be the response to chemotherapy treatment itself.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31A
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1969-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Mastectomy, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:8562150-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Breast tumour response to primary chemotherapy predicts local and distant control as well as survival.
pubmed:affiliation
Département de Médecine Oncologique, CNRS URA 620, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial