Pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus trastuzumab predicts favorable survival in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-overexpressing breast cancer: results from the TECHNO trial of the AGO and GBG study groups.

  • Michael Untch
  • Peter A Fasching
  • Gottfried E Konecny
  • Stephan Hasmüller
  • Annette Lebeau
  • Rolf Kreienberg
  • Oumar Camara
  • Volkmar Müller
  • Du Bois Andreas
  • Thorsten Kühn
  • Elmar Stickeler
  • Nadia Harbeck
  • Cornelia Höss
  • Steffen Kahlert
  • Thomas Beck
  • Werner Fett
  • Keyur M Mehta
  • Gunter von Minckwitz
  • Sibylle Loibl

Abstract

To evaluate efficacy and safety of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel and trastuzumab as neoadjuvant treatment in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-overexpressing breast cancer.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number25
ISSN0732-183X
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21788566