Adding Taxotere To Chemotherapy Regimen Improves Survival In Early Breast Cancer, Study Suggests
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 19:28
in Health & Medicine
For patients with early stage breast cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes, adding four cycles of docetaxel (Taxotere) into a sequential regimen of epirubicin followed by cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil (CMF) reduces the risk of recurrence and death, updated long-term results show.