Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy plus peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

1999-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-08

Publications

• Background Pecora AL, Lazarus HM, Stadtmauer EA, Winter J, Van Vliet A, Berry D, Gray R, Jennis A, Goldberg S, Cooper BW, Preti R. Effect of induction chemotherapy and tandem cycles of high-dose chemotherapy on outcomes in autologous stem cell transplant for metastatic breast cancer. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2001 Jun;27(12):1245-53. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703066.
• Background Pecora A, Lazarus H, Stadtmauer E, et al.: Induction chemotherapy prior to sequential high dose chemotherapy compared to no induction increases the rate of complete response and duration of progression free survival in women with metastatic breast cancer. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 18: A-467, 1999.
• Background Pecora AL, Lazarus L, Kramer L, et al.: Phase II multi-institution trial of induction docetaxel and doxorubicin followed by sequential high dose chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 17: A-634, 1998.

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