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Generic Taxotere Gets FDA Marketing Okay (en inglés)
Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel) is a chemotherapy medicine used to treat certain breast cancers. Taxotere typically is used in combination with other medicines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...
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Drug May Boost Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer (en inglés)
Women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer that had stopped responding or failed to respond to other treatments lived 2 months longer when treated with Halavan (chemical name: eribulin) compared to ...
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SABCS: Capecitabine Gets Mixed Results in Early Breast CA (en inglés)
Adjuvant chemotherapy is chemotherapy given after surgery to lower the risk of the cancer coming back (recurrence). Adjuvant chemotherapy isn't routinely recommended for all women diagnosed with early-...
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Taxane Regimen Works for Node-Negative Breast CA (en inglés)
A combination of chemotherapy medicines often is given after breast cancer surgery for early-stage breast cancer to reduce the risk of the cancer coming back (recurrence). Giving a treatment after surg...
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FDA Approves Drug for Pretreated Breast Cancer (en inglés)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new chemotherapy medicine, Halaven (chemical name: eribulin), to treat metastatic breast cancer that already has been treated with other chemo...
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ASCO Breast: High Response Rate in Triple-Negative Disease (en inglés)
A small, early study found that 66% of locally advanced, triple-negative breast cancers treated before surgery with a combination of carboplatin (brand name: Paraplatin) and Taxotere (chemical name: do...
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Longer Chemo for Breast Cancer More Effective (en inglés)
A study suggests that treating early-stage breast cancer with two common chemotherapy medicines followed by a third (doctors call this a sequential approach) has some advantages compared to giving two ...
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Modest Antitumor Effects with Bisphosphonate (en inglés)
Zometa (chemical name: zoledronic acid) is a medicine used to strengthen bones in women diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to the bone. Zometa can reduce bone pain and the risk of broken bone...
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EBCC: New Standard Suggested for Metastatic Breast Cancer (en inglés)
The first treatment for HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer is usually a taxane chemotherapy medicine and the targeted therapy Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab).
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SABCS: Anthracycline Not Needed with Trastuzumab (en inglés)
After breast cancer surgery, many women diagnosed with early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer are treated with the targeted therapy Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab) and a combination of chemoth...
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