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Early initiation of chemotherapy may prolong DFS

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Topic: Early initiation of chemotherapy may prolong DFS

Posted By: 123Donna
Subject: Early initiation of chemotherapy may prolong DFS
Date Posted: Aug 18 2015 at 8:09pm

Early initiation of chemotherapy may prolong DFS for early breast cancer

Shorter time to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy may reduce relapse and improve outcomes in patients with rapidly proliferating early breast cancer, according results of a phase 3 study.

Earlier chemotherapy may improve OS and DFS in patients with certain subtypes of breast cancer that are rapidly proliferating and aggressive, such as triple-negative or Her2 positive disease.

To read more:

http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/breast-cancer/news/online/%7B1d8b7535-39da-43b1-aa4f-dc54cfbe6af5%7D/early-initiation-of-chemotherapy-may-prolong-dfs-for-early-breast-cancer" rel="nofollow - http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/breast-cancer/news/online/%7B1d8b7535-39da-43b1-aa4f-dc54cfbe6af5%7D/early-initiation-of-chemotherapy-may-prolong-dfs-for-early-breast-cancer

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