Letrozole Plus Low-Dose Metronomic Capecitabine Versus EC-T (Epirubicin/Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel) as Neoadjuvant Therapy for ER+/HER2-negative Breast Cancer

Summary

Patients with ER+/HER2- breast cancer (presumably the luminal A subtype) could potentially avoid the standard chemotherapy use. Letrozole Plus Low-Dose Metronomic Capecitabine may offer similar efficacy and less toxicity to standard chemotherapy in ER+/HER2- breast cancer patients.

Timeline

Start

2017-11-29

Primary completion

2019-11-29

Completion

2020-11-29

Publications

• Li WP, Zhu T, Hu MX, Yang M, Ji F, Gao HF, Yang CQ, Zhang LL, Cheng MY, Xu FP, Wang K. Comparison of the efficacy and safety of the EC-T (epirubicin/cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel) and TCb (docetaxel/carboplatin) neoadjuvant regimens in early TOP2A-normal stage II-III breast cancer. Neoplasma. 2020 Nov;67(6):1409-1415. doi: 10.4149/neo_2020_200130N96. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

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