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Herceptin ® (trastuzumab) as adjuvant therapy

OVERVIEW

Randomized trial data from the advanced disease setting has demonstrated that in women with HER2 overexpressing breast cancers, the combination of Herceptin with chemotherapy - using either doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide or paclitaxel - results in improved progression-free and overall survival compared to the same chemotherapy given without Herceptin. These encouraging results have led to a new generation of adjuvant trials evaluating a variety of chemotherapeutic regimens combined with Herceptin.

TARGETED SYSTEMIC THERAPY

Herceptin is clearly one of the major triumphs of the last few years. It's exciting on many levels - largely because of the clinical benefit but also because of the way it opens up a new era of science and integration into the clinic...

...Following on the heels of Herceptin, we are all very enthused about the kinase inhibitors - agents like Iressa® (ZD 1839) - which will be, to a greater or lesser extent, HER-targeting drugs, acting against the epidermal growth factor receptor or members of the EGFR family. And that may have an impact either as single agent therapy or, arguably, in combination with conventional chemotherapy, just the way that Herceptin has had an impact. Also, as we get our act together regarding microarray assays and gene expression, we are going to begin to separate patients in a way that conventional light microscopy does not allow. I'm optimistic that this information will allow for better treatment of patients, and maybe even allow us to select specific therapies for specific patients. Look at the benefit of tamoxifen in the Overview. Is that because tamoxifen is a powerful drug, or because we select a subset of patients - ER-positive patients - where we demonstrate a large benefit?

-Clifford Hudis, MD

PHASE III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF CHEMOTHERAPY WITH VS WITHOUT MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HER2 IN WOMEN WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER OVEREXPRESSING HER2/NEU AND PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED WITH CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY (closed to accrual) Protocol

PROTOCOL IDS: GENENTECH-HO648G; NCI-V95-0714

 

 

PHASE III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF DOXORUBICIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE FOLLOWED BY PACLITAXEL WITH OR WITHOUT TRASTUZUMAB (HERCEPTIN) IN WOMEN WITH NODE-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER THAT OVEREXPRESSES HER2 Protocol

PROTOCOL ID: NSABP B-31

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 1,000-2,700 patients will be accrued within 4.75 years.N0-1, M0)

OBJECTIVES

  1. Compare the cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel with or without trastuzumab (Herceptin) in patients with operable, node-positive breast cancer that overexpresses HER2.
  2. Compare the effect of these regimens, with or without tamoxifen, on disease-free and overall survival.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

  • Invasive adenocarcinoma, stage IIA, IIB or IIIA (T1-3, N0-1, M0)
  • Clinically confined to the breast and ipsilateral axilla
  • At least 1 axillary node histologically positive
  • No lymph nodes clinically fixed to each other or to other structures (N2 disease)
  • HER2 strongly positive (3+ by immunostain or FISH). One third or more invasive tumor cells must stain positive. Submission of tumor block required
  • Must have undergone ALND and either mastectomy OR lumpectomy. SND allowed, if followed by ALND
  • No bilateral malignancy. No contralateral mass or mammographic abnormality unless proven benign
  • No suspicious palpable nodes in the contralateral axilla, supraclavicular or infraclavicular unless histologically proven not to be involved with tumor
  • No ulceration, erythema, infiltration of the skin or chest wall, peau d'orange, or skin edema. Tethering or dimpling of the skin or nipple inversion allowed
  • No concurrent hormonal therapy, SERM therapy, or XRT (except as specified in study)

STUDY CONTACT

Edward H. Romond, Chair, Ph: 859-323-8043 National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project

SURVIVAL ADVANTAGE IN METASTATIC DISEASE

We found that trastuzumab-based combination therapy was effective in that it reduced the relative risk of death by 20 percent at a median follow-up of 30 months. Few studies of metastatic breast cancer have demonstrated a survival advantage of this magnitude in association with the addition of a single agent. ...Given the extremely poor prognosis of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, the cardiotoxicity of trastuzumab must be weighed against its potential clinical benefit.

We recommend a cautious approach to the use of trastuzumab in patients who have previously received anthracyclines and in those who are currently receiving anthracyclines. The adjuvant (postoperative) use of trastuzumab will be an important research topic, but since many patients with early-stage breast cancer can be cured by surgery and radiotherapy, the cardiotoxicity of trastuzumab will be a critical consideration. In this context, the risks of trastuzumab will necessitate great caution in its use, especially when it is combined with an anthracycline. Indeed, one large upcoming trial of adjuvant trastuzumab will evaluate a nonanthracycline-based regimen for this reason.

In this context, the risks of trastuzumab will necessitate great caution in its use, especially when it is combined with an anthracycline. Indeed, one large upcoming trial of adjuvant trastuzumab will evaluate a nonanthracycline-based regimen for this reason.

- Dennis J Slamon, MD, PhD et al.
N Engl J Med 2001;344(11):783-792.

TRASTUZUMAB AS ADJUVANT THERAPY

There is a powerful emotional and intellectual appeal to translate the survival gains from the use of trastuzumab in the advanced-disease setting to the adjuvant treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, particularly with those at greatest risk of recurrence and death.

The undetermined long-term risk of cardiac problems from trastuzumab, however, demands caution, and use of the agent as adjuvant therapy is best restricted to participation in the several clinical trials that are now underway. Eligibility for these trials generally require tumors to have IHC 3+ or FISH-positive HER2 results and a pretreatment EF > 50%.

- John Horton, MB, ChB, FACP
Cancer Control 2001;8(1):103-110.

 

PHASE III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF ADJUVANT DOXORUBICIN, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, AND DOCETAXEL WITH OR WITHOUT TRASTUZUMAB (HERCEPTIN) VERSUS TRASTUZUMAB, DOCETAXEL, AND EITHER CARBOPLATIN OR CISPLATIN IN WOMEN WITH HER2-NEU-EXPRESSING NODE-POSITIVE OR HIGH-RISK NODE-NEGATIVE OPERABLE BREAST CANCER Protocol

PROTOCOL IDS: UCLA-010200601, NCI-G01-1978, AVENTIS-TAX-GMA-302, BCIRG-006

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3,150 patients (1,050 per treatment arm) will be accrued within 2.5 years.

OBJECTIVES

  1. Compare disease-free survival in women with HER2- neu-expressing, node+ or high-risk node-negative operable breast cancer treated with adjuvant doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and docetaxel with or without trastuzumab versus trastuzumab, docetaxel, and either
  2. Compare overall survival of patients.
  3. Compare the toxic effects (including cardiac).
  4. Compare quality of life of patients treated with these regimens
  5. Compare pathologic, molecular markets for predicting efficacy.
  6. Compare peripheral levels of shed HER2 ECD with FISH in predicting outcome.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

  • 18-70 years old
  • Histologically confirmed breast cancer (T1-3, N0-1, M0)
  • Node+ disease OR high-risk node-disease with > 1 of the following: tumor size > 2 cm, ER- and/or PR-negative, histologic and/or nuclear grade 2-3
  • No bilateral invasive breast cancer
  • HER2-neu gene amplification by FISH
  • Mastectomy or BCT AND ALN assessment within the past 60 days
  • Clear margins histologically

STUDY CONTACT

Linnea Chap, Chair, Ph: 310-206-6144 Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

HER2 ASSESSMENT

Reliable detection of HER2 over expression is important for the success of trastuzumab (Herceptin®) therapy. Several methods are available for measuring HER2 expression at the DNA, RNA or protein level . The method most frequently employed is immunohistochemical (IHC) detection of the HER2 receptor in paraffin sections. Advantages include the precise localization of the HER2 protein, the availability of paraffin material and the ease of the procedure. However, IHC can be influenced by the sensitivity/specificity of the antibody, tissue treatment and, in particular, subjective assessment. These disadvantages do not exist in the detection of gene amplification by fluorescence in situhybridization (FISH) or polymerase chain reaction. However, FISH requires expensive equipment that is not widely available in pathology laboratories. Another approach quantitates shed HER2 antigen in the serum by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The key advantage of this method is the ease of sampling blood, however, serum HER2 concentrations do not accurately reflect the tumor status. Furthermore, this method does not register single-cell expression, which is important for therapeutic decision-making. For routine diagnostics, the combination of IHC and FISH is useful. In addition, to improving the accuracy and comparability of HER2 assays, these optimized protocols may further enhance the efficacy of trastuzumab therapy by selecting those patients most likely to respond .

-Gerhard Schaller, MD et al.
Ann Oncol 2001;(Suppl 1):S97-S100.

CLINICAL TRIALS OF ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB

For HER2/neu-overexpressing breast cancer patients, the adjuvant use of trastuzumab will become paramount; therefore, it must be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. There is disagreement regarding the design of such a trial, largely because of the ubiquitous use of anthracyclines in the adjuvant setting and the opposing necessity of avoiding anthracycline plus trastuzumab combinations. Combination index values for various chemotherapeutic drugs in combination with trastuzumab demonstrate dramatic synergistic interactions with the platinum agents and with docetaxel (Taxotere; Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Parsippany, NJ). The greatest level of synergy has been demonstrated with the triple-drug combination of docetaxel, platinum, and trastuzumab in which synergy is demonstrated, even at low doses. The adjuvant trial design for the Breast Cancer International Research Group uses a control arm of doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide for four cycles followed by docetaxel for four cycles and the second arm contains the addition of trastuzumab to the taxane sequence. The third arm, a non-anthracycline-containing regimen, contains docetaxel, a platinum agent (either cisplatin or carboplatin), and trastuzumab. The rationale for the selection of this three-drug regimen is based on the biology of the system and preclinical and clinical findings that demonstrate a high potential for clinical synergy.

-Dennis Slamon, MD, PhD, Mark Pegram, MD
Semin Oncol 2001;28(Suppl3):13-19.

 

PHASE III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF DOXORUBICIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE WITH OR WITHOUT DEXRAZOXANE, FOLLOWED BY PACLITAXEL WITH OR WITHOUT TRASTUZUMAB (HERCEPTIN), FOLLOWED BY SURGERY AND RADIOTHERAPY WITH OR WITHOUT TRASTUZUMAB IN WOMEN WITH HER-2+ STAGE IIIA OR IIIB OR REGIONAL STAGE IV BREAST CANCER Protocol

PROTOCOL IDS: CLB-49808, CTSU

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 396 patients will be accrued within 4 years.

OBJECTIVES

  1. Determine the time to locoregional recurrence, time to completion of treatment, and overall survival in women with HER2+ stage IIIA or IIIB or regional stage IV breast cancer treated with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) with or without dexrazoxane, followed by paclitaxel with or without trastuzumab (Herceptin), followed by surgery and radiotherapy with or without trastuzumab.
  2. Determine whether addition of trastuzumab to paclitaxel therapy improves response at 24 weeks of therapy.
  3. Determine whether addition of trastuzumab to paclitaxel therapy increases the rate of cardiotoxicity.
  4. Determine whether addition of dexrazoxane to AC compromises response.
  5. Determine whether addition of dexrazoxane to AC reduces the rate of cardiotoxicity.
  6. Determine whether long-term trastuzumab after local therapy improves disease-free survival.
  7. Determine whether long-term trastuzumab after local therapy increases the rate of cardiotoxicity.
  8. Determine the occurrence of any grade 3 or higher toxicity, second malignancies, acute myelogenous leukemia, or myelodysplastic syndrome.
  9. Determine the eventual rate of breast conservation in those patients considered candidates for breast conservation prior to neoadjuvant therapy.
  10. Determine the clinical response after AC with or without dexrazoxane and the clinical/mammographic/ultrasound response after paclitaxel with or without trastuzumab, compared to the pathologic response at definitive surgery.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

  • 18 years and older
  • Histologically confirmed primary infiltrating adenocarcinoma of the breast confirmed by core needle biopsy or incisional biopsy
  • Amplification of HER2 by FISH OR IHC 3+
  • Staging criteria after complete clinical and radiographic staging:
    • T3, N1, M0 OR
    • Any T, N2 or N3, M0 OR
    • T4, any N, M0 including clinical or pathological inflammatory disease OR
    • regional stage IV disease with supraclavicular or infraclavicular lymph nodes as only site of metastasis
  • Measurable or evaluable disease
  • Prior DCIS of the ipsilateral breast allowed if treated with excision only
  • Metaplastic carcinoma allowed
  • Synchronous bilateral primary disease allowed (provided at least one cancer meets staging criteria)
  • No dermal lymphatic involvement with clinical inflammatory changes

STUDY CONTACT

Mark L. Graham, Chair, Ph: 919-859-6631 Cancer and Leukemia Group B

 

PHASE III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF DOXORUBICIN PLUS CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE FOLLOWED BY PACLITAXEL WITH OR WITHOUT TRASTUZUMAB (HERCEPTIN) IN PATIENTS WITH HER-2 OVEREXPRESSING BREAST CANCER Protocol

PROTOCOL IDS: NCCTG-N9831, GUMC-00224

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3,000 patients (1,000 per treatment arm) will be accrued over 4.5 years

OBJECTIVES

  1. Compare the disease-free survival of patients with HER-2 overexpressing breast cancer when treated with doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel with or without trastuzumab (Herceptin).
  2. Compare the cardiotoxicities of these treatments.
  3. Compare the overall survival of these patients when treated with one of these regimens.
  4. Determine whether higher levels of shed extracellular domain or autoantibodies to HER-2 and HER-1 measured in the serum prior to treatment are prognostic for disease-free and overall survival.
  5. Determine the concordance of HER-2 overexpression with disease-free and overall survival in this patient population.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

  • Menopausal status: Any status
  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast with one or more positive lymph nodes (T1-3, pN1-2, M0)
  • No cN2 disease allowed
  • Metaplastic carcinoma and pN2 disease allowed
  • HER-2/neu 3+ (0-2+ allowed if FISH+ assay)
  • No locally advanced (T4) tumors.
  • No dermal lymphatic involvement without clinical inflammatory changes
  • No bilateral invasive carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ
  • No gross or microscopic disease at margins
  • No concurrent hormonal therapy or raloxifene
  • No more than four weeks of prior tamoxifen allowed
  • No prior radiotherapy for breast cancer

STUDY CONTACT

Edith A. Perez, Chair, Ph: 904-953-7283
North Central Cancer Treatment Group

Robert L. Comis, Chair Ph: 215-789-3645
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Peter A. Kaufman, Chair Ph: 603-650-6700
Cancer and Leukemia Group B

Silvana Martino, Chair Ph: 310-998-3961
Southwest Oncology Group

TRASTUZUMAB-ASSOCIATED CARDIOTOXICITY

A problem in considering trastuzumab as adjuvant therapy is the unexpected risk of developing cardiac dysfunction, particularly when combined with the anthracycline doxorubicin. This would require careful monitoring in patients with early breast cancer who have potentially curable disease.

- Joseph A Sparano, MD
Semin Oncol 2001;(1Suppl 3):20-27.

ADJUVANT THERAPY AND CARDIOTOXICITY

Cardiac toxicity was an unexpected side effect of trastuzumab treatment in the pivotal trials that led to its approval. ..... The etiology of trastuzumab-associated cardiac dysfunction is unknown, although its dependence on concurrent or prior doxorubicin exposure suggests a common pathophysiologic basis with anthracycline-induced myocardial injury. A number of trials are in progress to evaluate the efficacy and safety of trastuzumab in patients with early stage disease and that will investigate novel strategies to circumvent this serious toxicity.

. . . In an attempt to avoid any potential cardiotoxicity following administration of trastuzumab plus doxorubicin, other therapeutic combinations are being considered. These options include trastuzumab plus CMF, epirubicin, liposomal doxorubicin, taxane-cisplatin (or carboplatin) or taxane-vinorelbine.

. . . The humanized anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab is an attractive drug for adjuvant therapy because of its prolongation of survival in metastatic disease, lack of cross-resistance to other agents, and low incidence of toxicity. In order to answer questions relating to the issue of cardiotoxicity following administration of a combination of trastuzumab and doxorubicin, a number of trials are underway in both metastatic patients and in the adjuvant setting. In addition, it is important to consider non-anthracycline combinations. Finally, the important issue of whether trastuzumab may confer a survival benefit to tamoxifen treatment in a number of trials, is currently being considered.

- Ian Smith, MD
Ann Oncol 2001;(Suppl 1):S75-S79.

PHASE III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF PACLITAXEL VIA ONE HOUR INFUSION EVERY WEEK VERSUS THREE HOUR INFUSION EVERY 3 WEEKS WITH OR WITHOUT TRASTUZUMAB (HERCEPTIN) IN PATIENTS WITH INOPERABLE, RECURRENT, OR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER WITH OR WITHOUT OVEREXPRESSION OF HER2-NEU. Protocol

PROTOCOL IDS: CLB 9840, CTSU

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 580 patients will be accrued within 3 years.

OBJECTIVES

  1. Compare the response rate in patients with inoperable, recurrent, or metastatic breast cancer treated with paclitaxel via one hour infusion every week vs 3 hour infusion every 3 weeks, regardless of HER2-Neu status and assignment to trastuzumab.
  2. Compare the response rate and quality of life in patients with HER2-Neu non-overexpressing disease treated with 1 of these 2 paclitaxel regimens with or without trastuzumab.
  3. Correlate amplification and overexpression of the growth factor receptor ErbB2 by immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with response rate, time to progression, and overall survival in patients treated with 1 of these 2 paclitaxel regimens with or with out trastuzumab.
  4. Correlate ErbB2 shed extracellular domain (ECD) with response rate, time to progression, and overall survival in patients treated with 1 of these 2 paclitaxel regimens with or without trastuzumab.
  5. Assess the patterns of ErbB2/ECD after treatment and upon relapse.
  6. Compare the time to progression and survival of patients with HER2-Neu overexpressing disease treated with 1 of these 2 paclitaxel regimens with trastuzumab.
  7. Compare the time to progression and survival in patients with HER2-Neu nonoverexpressing disease treated with 1 of these 2 paclitaxel regimens with or without trastuzumab.
  8. Compare the cardiac toxicity of these regimens as measured by changes in left ventricular ejection fraction from baseline to follow up measurements in these patients.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

  • 18 years and over
  • Histologically proven inoperable, recurrent, or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the breast
  • Known HER2-neu status
  • Measurable disease

STUDY CONTACT

Andrew D. Seidman, Chair, Ph: 212-636-5875 Cancer and Leukemia Group B

INTEGRATING TRASTUZUMAB INTO THE ADJUVANT SETTING

…the significant cardiac toxicity observed with trastuzumab-anthracycline combinations has led to two main strategies for integrating trastuzumab in the adjuvant setting: (1) addition of trastuzumab to mostly anthracycline-based programs (sequential approach); and (2) biology-oriented strategy based on synergism between trastuzumab and chemotherapy agents. Large-scale clinical research programs are presently being developed and will create a challenge for clinical researchers. The adequate scientific hypothesis, related to the pivotal studies of trastuzumab in the adjuvant setting, require large sample sizes (several thousand patients) and a very strict selection of the patient population (tumors amplifying the HER2 gene). Success in a timely fashion requires global collaboration, dedication to high-standard clinical research, and awareness of all available protocols by oncologists and patients with breast cancer.

-Jean-Marc Nabholtz, MD, Dennis Slamon, MD, PhD
Semin Oncol 2001;28(Suppl1):1-12.

HER2 REPRODUCIBILITY

Consensus regarding the best methods, reagents, or cut-off points to define HER2 status for determining trastuzumab responsivity has not yet been reached. HER2 testing for other prognostic or predictive purposes, e.g. to determine whether patients are likely to respond to other agents, such as dose-intensive doxorubicin, may be less. Data from the Cancer and Leukemia Group B trial 8541 (companion 8869) suggest that, with proper controls in high-volume laboratories, many of the available methods produce comparable results.

-Ann Thor, MD
Ann Oncol 2001;(Suppl 1):S101-S107.

 

PHASE III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF FIRST-LINE TRASTUZUMAB (HERCEPTIN) ALONE FOLLOWED BY COMBINATION TRASTUZUMAB AND PACLITAXEL VERSUS FIRST-LINE COMBINATION TRASTUZUMAB AND PACLITAXEL IN WOMEN WITH HER2 OVEREXPRESSING METASTATIC BREAST CANCER Protocol

PROTOCOL IDS: SWS-SAKK-22/99, EU-99028

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 170-250 patients.

OBJECTIVES

  1. Compare efficacy and toxicity of first-line trastuzumab alone followed at disease progression by the combination of trastuzumab and paclitaxel versus first-line combination of both drugs in women with HER2 overexpressing metastatic breast cancer.
  2. Compare quality of life of these patients.
  3. Investigate the predictive value of serum HER2/neu ECD levels on clinical outcome, the effects of trastuzumab on estrogen receptor, and the association of immunoprofiles of erbB-1, erbB-2, erbB-3, and erbB-4 with clinical outcome in this patient population.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

  • Histologically confirmed HER2 overexpressing metastatic breast carcinoma
  • Clinically or radiologically measurable or evaluable disease
  • Bidimensionally or unidimensionally measurable lesions
  • No cumulative dose of doxorubicin greater than 240 mg/m2
  • No cumulative dose of epirubicin greater than 360 mg/m2
  • No prior taxanes

STUDY CONTACT

Aron Goldhirsch, Chair, Ph: 39-02-574-894-39 Swiss Institute for Applied Cancer Research Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia Milano, Italy

 

PHASE II/III RANDOMIZED STUDY OF ANASTROZOLE WITH OR WITHOUT TRASTUZUMAB (HERCEPTIN) IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH HORMONE-RECEPTOR POSITIVE HER2-OVEREXPRESSING METASTATIC BREASTCANCER Protocol

PROTOCOL IDS: ROCH-BO16216, GENENTECH-H2223g

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 202 patients (101 per arm) in 24 months.

OBJECTIVES

  1. Compare the efficacy with or without trastuzumab, in terms of progression-free survival, in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer.
  2. Compare the safety profiles of these regimens.
  3. Compare the overall clinical benefit rate
  4. Compare the overall survival, duration of response and two-year survival of patients treated with these regimens.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic breast cancer
  • HER2 3+ by IHC or any degree of HER2 gene amplifications (at least 2 fold) by FISH
  • ER and/or PR receptor+ postmenopausal women
  • No concurrent chemo or hormonal therapy, nor concurrent radiotherapy or surgery to only known site of disease

STUDY CONTACT

Bernd Langer, Chair, Ph: 41-61-68-80638 Roche Global Development-Palo Alto

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Breast cancer clinical trials
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Management of the axilla
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Radiation therapy for primary breast cancer
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Optimal use of adjuvant tamoxifen and ovarian ablation
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Aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting
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Faslodex: An estrogen receptor downregulator
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Optimal use of adjuvant chemotherapy
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Herceptin as adjuvant therapy
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Neoadjuvant systemic therapy
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Bisphosphonates as adjuvant therapy
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Other breast cancer clinical trials
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