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Individual patient meta-analysis: Taxane plus anthracycline reduces mortality from early breast cancer

Nicholas R.C. Wilcken, MD, PhD; Martin R. Stockler, MD, MSc

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Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group. Comparisons between different polychemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer: meta-analyses of long-term outcome among 100 000 women in 123 randomised trials. Lancet. 2012;379:432-44. 22152853

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The Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group's ongoing process of individual patient meta-analysis has now compared different adjuvant chemotherapy regimens for treatment of early breast cancer. Modern chemotherapy regimens reduce breast cancer mortality by about 30% at 10 years, largely independent of age, tumor stage, and ER status. The similar effects on breast cancer survival and overall survival in this analysis counter concerns about additional mortality due to such...
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Wilcken NR, Stockler MR. Individual patient meta-analysis: Taxane plus anthracycline reduces mortality from early breast cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:JC6–4. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-12-201206190-02004

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DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-12-201206190-02004

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