Capecitabine maintenance therapy following docetaxel/capecitabine combination treatment in patients with metastatic breast cancer

• Published in: Oncology letters Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 2598 - 2602
• Main Authors: SURMELI, ZEKI GOKHAN, VAROL, UMUT, CAKAR, BURCU, DEGIRMENCI, MUSTAFA, ARSLAN, CAGATAY, PISKIN, GONUL DEMIR, ZENGEL, BAHA, KARACA, BURCAK, SANLI, ULUS ALI, USLU, RUCHAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece D.A. Spandidos 01.10.2015; Spandidos Publications; Spandidos Publications UK Ltd
• Subjects: Breast cancer; Cancer therapies; Capecitabine; Chemotherapy; Chemotherapy, Combination; Development and progression; Disease control; Docetaxel; Drug therapy; Endocrine therapy; Health aspects; Lymphatic system; maintenance therapy; Metastasis; Neutropenia; Oncology; Patients; Quality of life; Response rates; Turkey; capecitabine; breast cancer; maintenance therapy; docetaxel

The present study aimed to analyze the efficacy of maintenance therapy with single agent capecitabine for human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2) negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients following disease control with 6 cycles of docetaxel plus capecitabine chemotherapy as the first-li...