inflammatory breast neoplasms/vomiting

Local control rate for inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is < 50% with standard chemotherapy-radiotherapy regimen. Nineteen women (age range 40-65, median 50 years) with IBC (18 patients) or with a primary tumour of > 10 cm (one patient) received a novel treatment comprising hyperfractionated

BACKGROUND Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of primary breast carcinoma and is associated with a dismal outcome despite the availability of multi-modality treatment options. METHODS This is a prospective case control study comparing two groups of newly diagnosed patients;

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to investigate the quality of life (QOL) of patients enrolled onto the High-Dose Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Study Group trial (PEGASE 02), a French pilot multicenter trial of the treatment of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) aimed at evaluating (1) toxicity and

A 50-year-old woman with bilateral inflammatory breast cancer (T4, N1b, M1, Stage IV) underwent right extended radical mastectomy and left modified radical mastectomy following pre-operative administration of carcinostatics (ADM, 5-FU) and irradiation. However, tumor recurrence was observed at the

We evaluated the efficacy and safety of the epirubicin plus docetaxel(ET)regimen, which is a combination of active agents given to patients with inflammatory breast cancer(IBC)as a primary therapy. Nineteen patients received ET(60, 60mg/m2) every 3 weeks for 4 courses, and appropriate surgery was

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of epirubicin, capecitabine and cisplatin (EXC) combination therapy in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) and investigate the predictive value of selected biomarkers. METHODS Newly diagnosed LABC patients received four 3-weekly cycles of neoadjuvant EXC

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and the toxicity of a new combination of epirubicin, cyclophosphamide and paclitaxel as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. METHODS Patients with stage II and III breast cancer received 3-4 cycles of epirubicin 75 mg/m(2) plus cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m(2) on

OBJECTIVE Given the promising activity of capecitabine and vinorelbine in metastatic breast cancer, this randomized phase II trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of this combination as neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. METHODS Patients with operable breast cancer (n=75) were randomly

To increase the dose-intensity of two drugs in metastatic breast cancer, we tested the feasibility, in phase I studies, of two schedules of epirubicin (E) and cyclophosphamide (C) - sequential (E--> C) and alternating (E/C) - with respect to the standard combination (EC). Drugs were given at three