First-line Gemcitabine Versus Treatment of Physician's Choice for Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Anticancer Res
; 41(3): 1671-1676, 2021 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIM:
This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of first-line gemcitabine monotherapy for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared with treatment of physician's choice (TPC). PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
We enrolled 96 patients into the first-line gemcitabine group (n=47) or other treatment of physician's choice (TPC) group (n=49) from May 2010 to April 2013. HRQoL was evaluated every 4 weeks.RESULTS:
There was no significant difference in the median time to treatment failure (5.3 vs. 4.6 months, hazard ratio=0.87, p=0.546) and the incidence rates of grade 3/4 haematological toxicity (10.6% vs. 8.1%, p=0.677) and grade 3/4 non-haematological toxicity (4.2% vs. 8.1%, p=0.429) between the gemcitabine and TPC groups. Changes in HRQoL from baseline to 12 weeks were not significantly different.CONCLUSION:
Gemcitabine achieves similar efficacy and HRQoL benefit to other chemotherapy and can be used as first-line treatment for MBC.Palavras-chave
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Desoxicitidina
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article