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All-Oral Combo Chemotherapy Attractive in Metastatic Breast Cancer
All-Oral Combo Chemotherapy Attractive in Metastatic Breast Cancer
B Jancin
20090022
2009 Jan 22
Elsevier Global Medical News
All-Oral Combo Chemotherapy Attractive in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Jan 22, B Jancin
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - An all-oral combination chemotherapy regimen of vinorelbine and capecitabine makes for an effective, extremely convenient, and relatively comfortable first-line treatment in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, an international phase II clinical trial has shown.Adherence to this infusion-free regimen was strikingly good. The planned dose escalation of oral vinorelbine (Navelbine) from 60 mg/m² in the first cycle to 80 mg/m² thereafter occurred in 90% of patients. The median...