Radiation Therapy Plus Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Stage IIB or Stage III Breast Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy plus paclitaxel in treating patients with stage IIB or stage III breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

1997-04

Primary completion

2000-03

Completion

2000-03

Publications

• Results Adams S, Chakravarthy AB, Donach M, Spicer D, Lymberis S, Singh B, Bauer JA, Hochman T, Goldberg JD, Muggia F, Schneider RJ, Pietenpol JA, Formenti SC. Preoperative concurrent paclitaxel-radiation in locally advanced breast cancer: pathologic response correlates with five-year overall survival. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Dec;124(3):723-32. doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1181-8. Epub 2010 Sep 29.
• Results Formenti SC, Volm M, Skinner KA, Spicer D, Cohen D, Perez E, Bettini AC, Groshen S, Gee C, Florentine B, Press M, Danenberg P, Muggia F. Preoperative twice-weekly paclitaxel with concurrent radiation therapy followed by surgery and postoperative doxorubicin-based chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer: a phase I/II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Mar 1;21(5):864-70. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.06.132.
• Results Formenti SC, Symmans WF, Volm M, Skinner K, Cohen D, Spicer D, Danenberg PV. Concurrent paclitaxel and radiation therapy for breast cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol. 1999 Apr;9(2 Suppl 1):34-42.

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