Multicenter phase III randomized trial comparing docetaxel and trastuzumab with docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab as first-line chemotherapy for patients with HER2-gene-amplified metastatic breast cancer (BCIRG 007 study): two highly active therapeutic regimens.

  • Vicente Valero
  • John Forbes
  • Mark D Pegram
  • Tadeusz Pienkowski
  • Wolfgang Eiermann
  • Gunter von Minckwitz
  • Henri Roche
  • Miguel Martin
  • John Crown
  • John R Mackey
  • Pierre Fumoleau
  • Janusz Rolski
  • Zrinka Mrsic-Krmpotic
  • Agnieszka Jagiello-Gruszfeld
  • Alessandro Riva
  • Marc Buyse
  • Henry Taupin
  • Guido Sauter
  • Michael F Press
  • Dennis J Slamon

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Abstract

Docetaxel-trastuzumab (TH) is effective therapy for HER2-amplified metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Preclinical findings of synergy between docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab (TCH) prompted a phase III randomized trial comparing TCH with TH in patients with HER2-amplified MBC.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
ISSN0732-183X
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21115860