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Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia
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vol. 22
 
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Original paper

The comparison of anthracycline-based and non-anthracycline-based regimens in adjuvant chemotherapy of HER2-positive non-metastatic breast cancers

Safa Najafi
,
Masoud Sadeghi
,
Mohammad Reza Shajari
,
Fatemeh Abasvandi
,
Kamran Mohebi

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2018; 22 (2): 108-112
Online publish date: 2018/06/30
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Aim of the study
This study aimed to assess the efficacy of anthracycline-based (AB) and non-anthracycline-based (nAB) adjuvant therapies in the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive non-metastatic BC (nMBC) patients.

Material and methods
This retrospective study included women with HER2-positive BCs (stage I–III) treated with trastuzumab from 2008 to 2017. The patients were divided into two groups, including 196 patients in group AB and 67 in group nAB.

Results
Cox’s proportional hazard regression analysis showed no unfavourable predictors for five-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) except for stage and hormone therapy. The OS rate was 67.9% in group AB and 80.6% in group nAB (p = 0.630). The DFS rate was 61.6% in group AB compared with 67.1% in group nAB (p = 0.447).

Conclusions
The results showed no difference between the efficacies of AB and nAB regimens in HER2-positive nMBCs in adjuvant setting. Therefore, selecting the nAB regimen can reduce the serious damage caused by the AB regimen.

keywords:

breast cancer, HER2, trastuzumab, anthracycline, adjuvant therapy

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