DE PLACIDO , S

We evaluated the efficacy and safety of the nontaxane microtubule dynamics inhibitor eribulin plus the humanized anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody bevacizumab in a novel second-line chemotherapy scheme in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients progressing after first-line paclitaxel and bevacizumab.

: Triple-negative (TN) metastatic breast cancer (mBC) represents the most challenging scenario withing mBC framework, and it has been only slightly affected by the tremendous advancements in terms of drug availability and survival prolongation we have witnessed in the last years for advanced disease. However, although chemotherapy still...

Background: No evidence exists to recommend a specific chemotherapy regimen in young breast cancer patients. We performed a pooled analysis of two randomised clinical trials to evaluate the efficacy of adjuvant dose-dense chemotherapy in premenopausal breast cancer patients and its impact on the risk of treatment-induced amenorrhoea. Patients...