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Ueno NT, Rizzo JD, Demirer T, Cheng YC, Hegenbart U, Zhang MJ, Bregni M, Carella A, Blaise D, Bashey A, Bitran JD, Bolwell BJ, Elfenbein GJ, Fields KK, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Lazarus HM, Champlin RE, Stiff PJ, Niederwieser D. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for metastatic breast cancer. Bone Marrow Transplant 2007; 41:537-45. [PMID: 18084340 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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We reviewed 66 women with poor-risk metastatic breast cancer from 15 centers to describe the efficacy of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Median follow-up for survivors was 40 months (range, 3-64). A total of 39 patients (59%) received myeloablative and 27 (41%) reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens. More patients in the RIC group had poor pretransplant performance status (63 vs 26%, P=0.002). RIC group developed less chronic GVHD (8 vs 36% at 1 year, P=0.003). Treatment-related mortality rates were lower with RIC (7 vs 29% at 100 days, P=0.03). A total of 9 of 33 patients (27%) who underwent immune manipulation for persistent or progressive disease had disease control, suggesting a graft-vs-tumor (GVT) effect. Progression-free survival (PFS) at 1 year was 23% with myeloablative conditioning and 8% with RIC (P=0.09). Women who developed acute GVHD after an RIC regimen had lower risks of relapse or progression than those who did not (relative risk, 3.05: P=0.03), consistent with a GVT effect, but this did not affect PFS. These findings support the need for preclinical and clinical studies that facilitate targeted adoptive immunotherapy for breast cancer to explore the benefit of a GVT effect in breast cancer.
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- N T Ueno
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Pegase 03: a prospective randomized phase III trial of FEC with or without high-dose thiotepa, cyclophosphamide and autologous stem cell transplantation in first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Bone Marrow Transplant 2007; 41:555-62. [PMID: 18037940 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pegase 03 is a multicenter prospective randomized phase III trial evaluating the impact of first-line high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) with stem cell support on overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS) and response rate in 308 patients with histologically proven metastatic breast cancer responding to induction therapy. Eligible patients received four induction cycles with FEC 100 (5-fluorouracil 500 mg/m(2), epirubicin 100 mg/m(2), cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m(2)). Patients with objective response (N=179) were randomized to one cycle of HDC (cyclophosphamide 6000 mg/m(2) and thiotepa 800 mg/m(2) (CHUT)) and stem cell support (N=88), or no further treatment (N=91). All patients were observed until disease progression or death. One toxic death occurred after CHUT. Other toxicities were manageable. The response rate at 3 months was higher in the intensification arm: 82.7% (25.3% complete response (CR)) versus 59.2% (14.1% CR) (P=0.0002). Median follow-up was 48 months. Median DFS was 11 and 6.6 months in the intensification and the observation arms, respectively (P=0.0001). There was no survival difference: 33.6 versus 27.3% OS at 3 years (P=0.8) and 22.9 versus 22.3 months median time to relapse in the intensification and observation arms, respectively. In this randomized trial, HDC with CHUT improved DFS but not OS, corroborating findings from earlier trials.
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Kröger N, Frick M, Gluz O, Mohrmann S, Metzner B, Jackisch C, Ko Y, Lindemann HW, Meier CR, Lohrmann HP, Ruffert U, Hänel M, Bodenstein H, Neubauer A, Ehninger G, Wolf HH, Kolbe K, Burock K, Zander AR, Nitz U. Randomized trial of single compared with tandem high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation in patients with chemotherapy-sensitive metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2006; 24:3919-26. [PMID: 16921043 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.04.0352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To compare progression-free survival between single and tandem high-dose chemotherapy (HDT) followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation in chemotherapy-sensitive metastatic breast cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between February 1997 and June 2001, 187 patients with complete and partial remission were randomly assigned to receive either one or two cycles of HDT, consisting of thiotepa (125 mg/m2/d for 4 days), cyclophosphamide (1,500 mg/m2/d for 4 days), and carboplatin (200 mg/m2/d for 4 days), followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation. RESULTS One hundred seventy one of 187 randomly assigned patients completed first HDT, but only 52 of 85 completed the second HDT cycle in the tandem HDT arm. The rate of complete remission on an intent-to-treat-basis was 33% in the single-dose HDT arm and 37% in the tandem HDT arm (P = .48). The median progression-free survival times in single and tandem HDT arms were 9.4 and 11.2 months, respectively (one-sided P = .06; two one-sided P = .12), whereas median overall survival time tended to be greater after single versus tandem HDT (29 v 23.5 months, respectively; P = .4). In a multivariate analysis for progression-free survival, tandem HDT (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.71; 95% CI, 0.52 to 0.98; P = .03) and achievement of complete remission after induction chemotherapy (HR = 0.59; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.96; P = .03) were factors for a better progression-free survival, whereas the factor of three or more sites of metastases (HR = 1.66; 95% CI, 1.12 to 2.47; P = .01) was associated with a worse progression-free survival. CONCLUSION Despite a trend of improved progression-free survival, tandem HDT cannot be recommended for patients with chemotherapy-sensitive metastatic breast cancer because of a trend for shorter overall survival and higher toxicity compared with single HDT.
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- Nicolaus Kröger
- Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Peppercorn J, Herndon J, Kornblith AB, Peters W, Ahles T, Vredenburgh J, Schwartz G, Shpall E, Hurd DD, Holland J, Winer E. Quality of life among patients with Stage II and III breast carcinoma randomized to receive high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow support or intermediate-dose chemotherapy: results from Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9066. Cancer 2006; 104:1580-9. [PMID: 16118805 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to compare the quality of life (QOL) after treatment among patients who had breast carcinoma with multiple positive lymph nodes. The patients were randomized to receive either high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support (HDC) or intermediate-dose chemotherapy (IDC) in the adjuvant setting. METHODS Two hundred forty-six patients with AJCC Stage IIA, IIB, or IIIA breast carcinoma who had > or = 10 positive lymph nodes and who were participants in Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 9082 were enrolled in this companion study, CALGB 9066. Patients were randomized to receive either high-dose cyclophosphamide, carmustine, and cisplatin (CPA/cDDP/BCNU) and autologous bone marrow transplantation (the HDC arm) or intermediate-dose CPA/cDDP/BCNU as consolidation to adjuvant chemotherapy (the IDC arm). QOL was assessed at baseline and at 3 months, 12 months, 24 months, and 36 months using the Functional Living Index-Cancer (FLIC), the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS)-Self Report, and the McCorkle Symptom Distress Scale (SDS). RESULTS At the 3-month assessment, patients in the HDC arm demonstrated significant worsening of QOL compared with the IDC arm in terms of their physical well being (FLIC, P = 0.023), social functioning (FLIC, P = 0.026; PAIS, P < 0.0001), symptom distress (SDS, P = 0.0002), and total QOL scores (FLIC, P = 0.042). At 12 months, the differences in QOL scores between the HDC arm and the IDC arm had resolved. CONCLUSIONS Patients who received more intensive adjuvant therapy experienced transient declines in QOL. By 12 months after therapy, QOL was comparable between the 2 arms, regardless of therapy intensity, and many QOL areas were improved from baseline.
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- Jeffrey Peppercorn
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Farquhar C, Marjoribanks J, Basser R, Hetrick S, Lethaby A. High dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005; 2005:CD003142. [PMID: 16034887 PMCID: PMC8127573 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003142.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a hypothesis that high dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation (autograft) may improve survival for women with metastatic breast cancer. OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of high dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation with conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer. SEARCH STRATEGY We used the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group search strategy, adding these terms: bone marrow transplantation, stem cell transplantation, autologous stem cell support. The following databases were searched: MEDLINE (until November 2004), EMBASE (until November 2004), ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) (1995-2004) and the COCHRANE LIBRARY (Issue 4 2004). We searched the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group database and cooperative research groups' websites for unpublished trials. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials comparing the effectiveness of high dose chemotherapy and autograft with conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer. Studies included one or more of the following outcomes: treatment related mortality, overall or progression-free survival at 1, 2, 3, 5 or 7 years, morbidity, quality of life measures, time to tumour progression, overall survival time. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Six randomised controlled trials met the inclusion criteria. Two independent reviewers extracted data. MAIN RESULTS In total 438 eligible women were randomised to receive high dose chemotherapy with autograft and 412 were randomised to receive conventional treatment. There were fifteen treatment-related deaths among the high dose group and two in the control (conventional dose) group (RR 4.07 (95% CI 1.39, 11.88)). There was no statistically significant difference in overall survival between the high dose and control groups at one year, three years or five years. At one and five years of follow up, there was a statistically significant difference in event-free survival, favouring the high dose group (one year: RR 1.76 (95% CI 1.40, 2.21); five years: RR 2.84 (95% CI 1.07, 7.50). Toxicity was more severe in the high dose group. Only one of the trials has followed up all women for five years and further data are awaited. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Although there is statistically significant evidence that high dose chemotherapy and autograft improves event free survival compared to conventional chemotherapy, there is no statistically significant evidence of benefit in overall survival for women with metastatic breast cancer. High dose chemotherapy with bone marrow or stem cell transplantation should not be given to women with metastatic breast cancer outside of clinical trials.
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- C Farquhar
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National Women's Hospital, Private Bag 92019, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 1003.
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Schmid P, Schippinger W, Nitsch T, Huebner G, Heilmann V, Schultze W, Hausmaninger H, Wischnewsky M, Possinger K. Up-front tandem high-dose chemotherapy compared with standard chemotherapy with doxorubicin and paclitaxel in metastatic breast cancer: results of a randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23:432-40. [PMID: 15659490 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.06.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The role of high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) in metastatic breast cancer remains controversial. Trials with late intensification HDCT have failed to show an advantage in overall survival. This study was initiated to compare up-front tandem HDCT and standard combination therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients without prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease were randomly assigned to standard combination therapy with doxorubicin and paclitaxel (AT) or double HDCT with cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone, and etoposide followed by peripheral-blood stem-cell transplantation. HDCT was repeated after 6 weeks. Patients were stratified by menopausal and hormone-receptor status. The primary objective was to compare complete response (CR) rates. RESULTS A total of 93 patients were enrolled onto the trial. Intent-to-treat CR rates for patients randomized to HDCT and AT were 12.5% and 11.1%, respectively (P = .84). Objective response rates were 66.7% for patients in the high-dose group and 64.4% for patients in the AT arm (P = .82). In an intent-to-treat analysis, there were no significant differences between the two treatments in median time to progression (HDCT, 11.1 months; AT, 10.6 months; P = .67), duration of response (HDCT, 13.9 months; AT, 14.3 months; P = .98), and overall survival (HDCT, 26.9 months; AT, 23.4 months; P = .60). HDCT was associated with significantly more myelosuppression, infection, diarrhea, stomatitis, and nausea and vomiting, whereas patients treated with AT developed more neurotoxicity. CONCLUSION This trial failed to show a benefit for up-front tandem HDCT compared with standard combination therapy. HDCT was associated with more acute adverse effects.
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- Peter Schmid
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Charité Campus Mitte, Humboldt University Berlin, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Nieto Y, Vredenburgh JJ, Shpall EJ, Bearman SI, McSweeney PA, Chao N, Rizzieri D, Gasparetto C, Matthes S, Barón AE, Jones RB. Phase II feasibility and pharmacokinetic study of concurrent administration of trastuzumab and high-dose chemotherapy in advanced HER2+ breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:7136-43. [PMID: 15534084 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-0891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the safety of concurrent treatment with trastuzumab and high-dose chemotherapy (HDC), using cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU), with autologous hematopoietic progenitor cells support, in patients with HER2+ advanced breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Patients with HER2-overexpressing high-risk primary breast cancer (HRPBC; defined as > or =4 involved nodes or inflammatory disease), or metastatic breast cancer (MBC) were eligible. Treatment consisted of a loading dose of trastuzumab at 4 mg/kg (day -5), HDC (days -5 to -2), autologous hematopoietic progenitor cells infusion on day 0, and weekly maintenance trastuzumab (2 mg/kg) from day +1 (minimum of 9 doses). Cardiac monitoring included serial left ventricular ejection fraction measurements before treatment and on days +20 and +65. RESULTS Thirty-three patients were prospectively enrolled (13 HRPBC, 20 MBC). Toxicity seemed similar to that expected with this HDC regimen alone. Neutrophils and platelets engrafted promptly. There were no cases of grade 4 or 5 toxicity. One patient experienced symptomatic grade 3 acute cardiac failure on day -4, responsive to treatment. Trastuzumab did not alter the pharmacokinetics of HDC. Eleven of twelve MBC patients with measurable disease (nine of them refractory to previous chemotherapy) experienced an objective response (9 complete and 2 partial responses). At median follow-up of 34 (13-58) months, all HRPBC patients remain alive and free of disease; the MBC group has event-free survival and overall survival rates of 45 and 70%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Incorporation of trastuzumab into HDC (cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, and BCNU) is feasible, with no apparent increased toxicity or pharmacokinetic interactions.
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- Yago Nieto
- Bone Marrow Transplant Program and Department of Biostatistics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Nieto Y, Jones RB, Shpall EJ. Stem-cell transplantation for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. SPRINGER SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 2004; 26:31-56. [PMID: 15368078 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-004-0160-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2004] [Accepted: 04/18/2004] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Over the past two decades, high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) with autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) has been explored for a variety of solid tumors in adults, particularly breast cancer, ovarian cancer and non-seminomatous germ-cell tumors. The results of prospective phase II studies seemed superior in many cases to the outcome expected with standard-dose chemotherapy (SDC). The value of HDC for adult solid tumors remains, in most instances, a controversial issue, currently under the scrutiny of randomized phase III trial evaluation. ASCT pursuing an immune graft-versus-tumor effect has been evaluated in recent years for patients with advanced and refractory solid malignancies. This article reviews the results of the main phase II and III studies of HDC with ASCT, as well as the preliminary experience using allogeneic transplantation for solid tumors.
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- Yago Nieto
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, B-190, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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van der Hoeven JJM, Krak NC, Hoekstra OS, Comans EFI, Boom RPA, van Geldere D, Meijer S, van der Wall E, Buter J, Pinedo HM, Teule GJJ, Lammertsma AA. 18F-2-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-d-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography in Staging of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2004; 22:1253-9. [PMID: 15051773 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.07.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Purpose To prospectively evaluate the effect of adding whole-body 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to conventional screening for distant metastases in patients with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). Patients and Methods All women with LABC referred for participation in the LABC Spinoza trial were considered eligible for this study. Patients were included if chest x-ray, bone scan, liver ultrasound, or computed tomography scan performed by the referring physician failed to reveal distant metastases. They underwent whole-body FDG PET scanning before therapy. Patients with subsequently proven distant metastases were switched to alternative forms of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or both. Results Among the 48 patients evaluated with PET, 14 had abnormal FDG uptake, and metastases were suspected in 12. After simple clinical evaluation (plain x-ray, history), 10 sites that were suggestive of abnormality remained. Further work-up revealed that four sites were metastases. Proven false positivity occurred in one patient with sarcoidosis. In the other five patients, the reason for abnormal FDG uptake (liver, lung, bone) remained unclear, and patients were treated as planned. Eleven months later, distant metastases were found in one patient at sites unrelated to the previous FDG uptake. Conclusion The addition of FDG PET to the standard work-up of patients with LABC may lead to the detection of unexpected distant metastases. This may contribute to a more realistic stratification between patients with true stage III breast cancer and those who are in fact suffering from stage IV disease. Abnormal PET findings should be confirmed to prevent patients from being denied appropriate treatment.
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- Jacobus J M van der Hoeven
- Departments of Nuclear Medicine and PET Research,Vrije Universiteit University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Controversy has surrounded the use of high-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer for more than a decade. Numerous randomized trials have compared high-dose chemotherapy with standard-dose chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer and high-risk primary breast cancer, defined by extensive axillary node involvement or inflammatory disease. The authors review the main research results of high-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer in 2002 to 2003. RECENT FINDINGS Preliminary analyses of three randomized trials in metastatic breast cancer and seven in high-risk primary breast cancer have been reported during this period. An advantage in event-free survival has been observed in all three studies in metastatic disease and in four of the high-risk primary cancer trials, albeit with no impact on overall survival at short follow-up. These early results are consistent with the most recent Cochrane reviews, which included trials reported through mid 2002. SUMMARY An early event-free survival advantage is apparent in favor of high-dose chemotherapy in both high-risk primary and metastatic breast cancer. Longer follow-up of those and most other trials is required to detect translation of the event-free survival differences into benefits in overall survival. High-dose chemotherapy remains a valid research strategy in event-free survival and high-risk primary breast cancer.
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- Yago Nieto
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, B-190 Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Montemurro F, Rondón G, Munsell M, Smith TL, Donato ML, Gajewski JL, Rahman ZU, Buzdar AU, Champlin RE, Ueno NT. Predicting outcome based on Swenerton score in patients with metastatic breast cancer undergoing high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: implications for patient selection. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2003; 9:330-40. [PMID: 12766883 DOI: 10.1016/s1083-8791(03)00088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to study the effectiveness of the Swenerton score in assessing extent of disease as an independent prognostic and predictive factor in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who receive high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT). Two-hundred thirty-two patients with MBC underwent HDCT. Extent of disease was assessed quantitatively using the Swenerton score. A retrospective analysis was performed using Cox proportional hazards regression and logistic regression models. One hundred three (44%) patients had a complete response (CR) after HDCT. Bone marrow as source of hematopoietic stem cells, hormone-receptor-negative status, and visceral involvement correlated with both worse overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Short disease-free interval, multiple sites of metastatic disease, and less than 50% reduction in the Swenerton Score during induction chemotherapy correlated with worse OS. Patients in CR at the time of HDCT had better PFS than patients in partial response, stable disease, or progressive disease. Fifty-six patients who underwent conversion to CR after HDCT had a similar median OS (not reached v 74 months; P =.51) and PFS duration (22 v 44 months; P =.15) as patients who received HDCT after a CR to standard-dose chemotherapy (SDCT). Conversion to CR was predicted by a >/=50% reduction in the Swenerton score during SDCT (odds ratio [OR] 3.32, P <.01) and soft-tissue disease (OR 4.08, P <.01). The presence of multiple metastatic sites predicted decreased probability of conversion to CR (OR 0.34, P <.01). The Swenerton score provides a thorough estimate of disease extent, and reduction of Swenerton score by SDCT is potentially useful for selecting the optimal candidates for HDCT trials who may achieve long-term disease control.
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- Filippo Montemurro
- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Farquhar C, Basser R, Hetrick S, Lethaby A, Marjoribanks J. High dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003:CD003142. [PMID: 12535458 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a hypothesis that high dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation (autograft) may improve survival for women with metastatic breast cancer. OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of high dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation with conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer. SEARCH STRATEGY We used the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group search strategy, adding these terms: bone marrow transplantation, stem cell transplantation, autologous stem cell support. The following databases were searched: MEDLINE (until August 2002), EMBASE (until July 2002), ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) (1995-2002) and the COCHRANE LIBRARY (Issue 3 2002). We searched the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group database and cooperative research groups' websites for unpublished trials. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials comparing the effectiveness of high dose chemotherapy and autograft with conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer. Studies included one or more of the following outcomes: treatment related mortality, overall or progression-free survival at 1, 2, 3, 5 or 7 years, morbidity, quality of life measures, time to tumour progression, overall survival time. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Five randomised controlled trials met the inclusion criteria. Two independent reviewers extracted data. MAIN RESULTS In total 382 women were randomised to receive high dose chemotherapy with autograft and 358 were randomised to receive conventional treatment. There were ten treatment related deaths among the high dose group and none reported in the control (conventional dose) group (RR 5.70, 95%CI (1.30, 25)). There was no statistically significant difference in overall survival between the high dose and control groups (at one year: RR 0.99, 95% CI (0.91, 1.08); three years: RR 1.16 95% CI (0.90, 1.51); five years: RR 1.28, 95% CI (0.72, 2.27)). At one and two years of follow up, a statistically significant difference in progression free survival was reported, favouring the high dose group (one year: RR 1.81, 95% CI (1.39,2.34); two years: RR 1.96, 95% CI (1.32, 2.90 ). However this difference was not evident at three or five years (three years: RR 1.44, 95% CI (0.85, 2.44); five years: RR 1.21, 95% CI (0.40, 3.69). Toxicity was more severe in the high dose group. None of the trials has completed follow up and further data are awaited. REVIEWER'S CONCLUSIONS Although there is evidence that high dose chemotherapy and autograft improves progression free survival at one and two years' follow up compared to conventional chemotherapy, there is no evidence of benefit in overall survival.
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- C Farquhar
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility, National Womens Hospital, Claude Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Emens LA, Kennedy MJ, Fetting JH, Davidson NE, Garrett E, Armstrong DK. A phase I toxicity and feasibility trial of sequential dose-dense induction chemotherapy with doxorubicin, paclitaxel, and 5-fluorouracil followed by high dose consolidation for high-risk primary breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2002; 76:145-56. [PMID: 12452452 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020566218512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PURPOSE We studied sequential dose-dense doxorubicin, paclitaxel, and 5-fluorouracil (A-T-F) before high dose chemotherapy (HDC) with autologous peripheral blood stem cell support (PBSCT). Our aims were to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of 5-FU in the dose-dense regimen and to determine the impact of dose-dense chemotherapy on HDC/PBSCT. METHODS Patients with Stage IIIB or Stage II or IIIA breast cancer with > or = 4 involved ipsilateral lymph nodes were treated with nine cycles of chemotherapy at 14-day intervals. The regimen was doxorubicin at 80 mg/m2 x 3, followed by paclitaxel at 140 mg/m2 over 96 h x 3, then 5-FU at doses of 1285, 1470, or 1655 mg/m2 by continuous intravenous infusion over 72 h x 3. Patients then underwent a G-CSF-stimulated peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) apheresis prior to receiving HDC with autologous PBSCT. RESULTS We identified 1285 mg/m2 as the MTD of 5-FU in this regimen. 5-FU-related DLTs included hand-foot syndrome, mucositis, and facial edema with somnolence. Unexpectedly, 3/19 treated patients developed congestive heart failure that prevented planned HDC. Compared to standard dose doxorubicin-containing adjuvant therapy, the dose-dense regimen also decreased CD34+ PBSC yields by about 40% (p = 0.049), requiring that 50% of patients have a supplemental bone marrow harvest. There was no difference in time to neutrophil, platelet, and red blood cell recovery after HDC. CONCLUSIONS This regimen resulted in an unacceptably high rate of cardiac toxicity and is not recommended for further testing. It may be feasible to use a different schedule of 5-FU-containing dose-dense chemotherapy, particularly for the induction therapy of high-risk primary breast cancer prior to novel targeted therapies.
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Montemurro F, Rondón G, Ueno NT, Munsell M, Gajewski JL, Champlin RE. Factors affecting progression-free survival in hormone-dependent metastatic breast cancer patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation: role of maintenance endocrine therapy. Bone Marrow Transplant 2002; 29:861-6. [PMID: 12058236 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2001] [Accepted: 02/26/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We retrospectively analyzed the effect of maintenance endocrine therapy (MET) after high-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant (HDCT) on the progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with hormone-dependent metastatic breast cancer (MBC). One hundred and nine consecutive patients with estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PgR)-positive MBC, who were progression free for at least 4 months after HDCT with cyclophosphamide, carmustine and thiotepa (CBT), were analyzed. Of these, 55 were non-randomly submitted to MET. After a median follow-up of 34.4 months (17.1-91.0), univariate analysis showed that MET was significantly associated with improved median PFS (31.1 vs 19.2 months, P = 0.022). Complete response to HDCT, pattern of metastatic spread, extent of the disease, single vs multiple metastatic sites, prior endocrine therapy for metastatic disease and prior exposure to any hormonal therapy (adjuvant and/or for the advanced disease) were also associated with PFS at univariate analysis. A multivariate Cox proportional hazard model was fitted to the data in order to correct the effect of MET for the other significant covariates. After correcting for these covariates, MET was still significant, predicting improved PFS (hazard ratio (HR) 0.580, 95% CI; 0.362-0.931). Administration of MET after optimal cytoreduction might result in increased efficacy of HDCT in hormone-dependent metastatic breast cancer.
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- F Montemurro
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo, Torino, Italy
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Zhang Y, Crump M, Berge SA. Purging of contaminating breast cancer cells from hematopoietic progenitor cell preparations using activation enhanced cell death. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2002; 72:265-78. [PMID: 12058968 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014965726663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Activation enhanced cell death (AECD) involves stimulating cells with growth or activation signals while concurrently blocking calcium influx. In this study, we have evaluated the effect of AECD on human breast cancer cells. MCF-7 or MDA-MB-231 cells treated with Ca2+ influx blockers econazole or ketotifen for 24 h underwent a dose-dependent, irreversible loss of viability, and clonogenicity. Two-hour treatment of these cells with higher concentrations of the drugs also resulted in loss of clonogenicity, but morphological indicators of cell death were apparent only after longer incubation. Loss of clonogenicity could be enhanced almost 10-fold by co-stimulation of the cells with the agonists EGF or bombesin. Econazole was also effective in inducing cell death in multi-drug resistant MCF-7adr cells. Human hemopoietic progenitor cell sensitivity to econazole or ketotifen was evaluated by colony assay. Under conditions resulting in 2.5-3 logs of breast cancer cell loss, 60-70% of hemopoietic progenitors could be recovered. We further evaluated the effect of econazole on breast cancer cells present in mobilized hemopoietic cells obtained from patients undergoing high dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support. In six of eight samples evaluated, cytokeratin-positive breast cancer cells could be detected by immunofluorescence microscopy and colony formation. Breast cancer colonies were reduced 60-500-fold or more after exposure to econazole while hemopoietic colonies were typically reduced only 2-fold. In all cases, addition of EGF as an activator either had no evaluable effect or enhanced breast cancer cell loss. We conclude that Ca2+ influx blockade with concurrent EGF stimulation is a promising approach for purging breast cancer cells from hemopoietic progenitor cell preparations.
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- Yicheng Zhang
- Arthritis and Immune Disorder Research Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Pérez-Gracia JL, Colomer R, Esteban E, Barceló R, Benavides M, Puertas J, Arcediano A, Tornamira MV, Valentín V, Muñoz A, Cortés-Funes H, Hornedo J. High-dose mitoxantrone and cyclophosphamide without stem cell support in patients with high-risk and advanced breast carcinoma: a Phase II multicentric trial. Cancer 2001; 92:2508-16. [PMID: 11745183 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20011115)92:10<2508::aid-cncr1601>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Currently employed high-dose regimens for patients with breast carcinoma consist mainly of single-cycle combinations of alkylating agents. In a previous Phase I trial, the authors developed a tandem high-dose combination of two cycles of mitoxantrone and cyclophosphamide for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast carcinoma (MBC) and high-risk breast carcinoma (HRBC). Treatment was delivered with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) but without stem cell support to avoid potential tumor cell reinfusion. The objective was to validate the safety and obtain preliminary efficacy assessment of this combination in a Phase II trial. METHODS Fifty-three patients were included: 27 patients with MBC and 26 patients with HRBC. After standard induction treatment, patients received two cycles of mitoxantrone 25 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 4000 mg/m2 separated by a 4-week interval. Patients received G-CSF and ciprofloxacin until hematologic recovery. Follow-up was performed in an outpatient setting. RESULTS One hundred one of 106 projected cycles (95%) were delivered. The mean dose intensities achieved were mitoxantrone 5.8 mg/m2 per week and cyclophosphamide 933 mg/m2 per week. Infection developed in 46% of the cycles, and platelet transfusions were required in 42%. Nonhematologic toxicity was mainly Grade 3 emesis. There were no toxic deaths. In 17 evaluable patients with MBC, 13 patients (77%) had response improvements, including 7 complete responses (41%). CONCLUSIONS Treatment with two cycles of mitoxantrone 25 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 4000 mg/m2 with G-CSF but without stem cell support was well tolerated. The dose intensities achieved approach those obtained with conventional high-dose therapy. This combination warrants further investigation as an alternative to conventional high-dose regimens.
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- J L Pérez-Gracia
- Medical Oncology Division, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Hinterberger-Fischer M, Hinterberger W. Blood stem cell transplantation for breast cancer: new approaches using pre- peri- post-transplant immunotherapy. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2001; 1:1029-48. [PMID: 11728234 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.1.6.1029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT) after high dose chemotherapy is usually offered to breast cancer patients carrying a high risk of relapse or having chemosensitive metastatic disease. Whether progression free and overall survival of such patients is improved after auto-PBSCT compared to conventional chemotherapy is a matter of debate. Currently available results of randomised trials could not uniformly prove or disprove auto-PBSCT being advantageous. Yet such studies have not employed any manipulation of the stem cell graft or any post-transplant immunomodulation exploiting the unique immunological environment for tumour eradication which exists only after auto-PBSCT. Preliminary data have discussed the ex vivo and in vivo generation of cytotoxic effector cells employing IL-2 and/or IFN-alpha/gamma in the auto-PBSCT setting. Other cytokines such as IL-12, IL-15 and prolactin have likewise been considered. Several anticancer vaccine protocols after auto-PBSCT are ongoing using monovalent vaccines or anti-idiotypic antibodies. Polyvalent anticancer vaccines, cytokine secreting tumour cells, tumour pulsed or hybridised dendritic cells (DC) enhanced with cytokines are studied. Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) could assist: unlabelled for pretransplant exvivo purging, post-transplant for enhancing antibody-dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) or radioimmunoconjugated as an additive cytotoxic part of the conditioning regimen. Autologous graft versus host induction and allogeneic stem cell transplantation (probably with non-myeloablative conditioning followed by donor lymphocyte infusions) are other approaches. Evaluation of successful combinations, optimal dosages and appropriate timing schedules is the subject of future investigations. Since breast cancer patients belong to countless subgroups, a large number of protocols need to be addressed in order to avoid over treatment and prevent relapse.
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- M Hinterberger-Fischer
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Stem Cell Transplantation, 2nd Dept. of Int. Medicine, Donauspital, Langobardenstrasse 122, A-1220 Vienna, Austria.
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García-Rayo S, Pérez-Calvo J, Martín-Algarra S, Martínez-Monge R, Fernández-Hidalgo O, Subirá L, Martínez-Aguillo M, Rebollo J, Azinovic I, Brugarolas A. Multiple cycles of dose-intensive chemotherapy with repeated stem cell support as induction treatment in metastatic breast cancer: a feasibility study. Bone Marrow Transplant 2001; 28:235-42. [PMID: 11535990 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2000] [Accepted: 05/24/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of this trial was to study feasibility and tolerance of a dose-intensive multicyclic alternating induction chemotherapy with repeated stem cell support in a series of 43 metastatic breast cancer patients. Anthracycline-naive patients (n = 21) received cyclophosphamide 2.5 g/m(2) plus doxorubicin 80 mg/m(2) alternating every 14 days with paclitaxel 200-350 mg/m(2) plus cisplatin 120 mg/m(2). Patients who had previously received anthracyclines (n = 22) received cisplatin 120 mg/m(2) plus etoposide 600 mg/m(2) alternating with paclitaxel 200-350 mg/m(2) plus ifosfamide 8 g/m(2). Peripheral blood stem cells were infused after every course except the first, with a median CD34(+) dose of 2.1 x 10(6)/kg per cycle. Positive selection of CD34(+) cells was performed in good mobilizers. The median number of cycles administered was six (4-8), and the time interval between them was 17 days. Median summation dose intensities (SDI) actually administered for the CA-TP and PE-TI protocol were 4.95 and 4.69, respectively (87% of scheduled SDI). There were 15 complete (35%) and 21 partial responses (49%), for an overall response rate of 84% (95% CI, 73%-95%). Infection or neutropenic fever occurred in 50% of the cycles. There was one treatment-related death. After a median follow-up of 26 months, the median event-free-survival was 12 months (95% CI: 10-14) and overall survival was 31 months. These high dose-intensity induction treatments seem to be feasible with sequential stem cell support.
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- S García-Rayo
- Oncology Department, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Somlo G, Doroshow JH, Synold T, Longmate J, Reardon D, Chow W, Forman SJ, Leong LA, Margolin KA, Morgan RJ, Raschko JW, Shibata SI, Tetef ML, Yen Y, Kogut N, Schriber J, Alvarnas J. High-dose paclitaxel in combination with doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide and peripheral blood progenitor cell rescue in patients with high-risk primary and responding metastatic breast carcinoma: toxicity profile, relationship to paclitaxel pharmacokinetics and short-term outcome. Br J Cancer 2001; 84:1591-8. [PMID: 11401310 PMCID: PMC2363687 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.1835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We assessed the feasibility and pharmacokinetics of high-dose infusional paclitaxel in combination with doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and peripheral blood progenitor cell rescue. Between October 1995 and June 1998, 63 patients with high-risk primary [stage II with >or= 10 axillary nodes involved, stage IIIA or stage IIIB inflammatory carcinoma (n = 53)] or with stage IV responsive breast cancer (n = 10) received paclitaxel 150-775 mg/m(2)infused over 24 hours, doxorubicin 165 mg/m(2)as a continuous infusion over 96 hours, and cyclophosphamide 100 mg kg(-1). There were no treatment-related deaths. Dose-limiting toxicity was reversible, predominantly sensory neuropathy following administration of paclitaxel at the 775 mg/m(2) dose level. Paclitaxel pharmacokinetics were non-linear at higher dose levels; higher paclitaxel dose level, AUC, and peak concentrations were associated with increased incidence of paraesthesias. No correlation between stomatitis, haematopoietic toxicities, and paclitaxel dose or pharmacokinetics was found. Kaplan-Meier estimates of 30-month event-free and overall survival for patients with primary breast carcinoma are 65% (95% CI; 51-83%) and 77% (95% CI; 64-93%). Paclitaxel up to 725 mg/m(2) infused over 24 hours in combination with with doxorubicin 165 mg/m(2) and cyclophosphamide 100 mg kg(-1) is tolerable. A randomized study testing this regimen against high-dose carboplatin, thiotepa and cyclophosphamide (STAMP V) is currently ongoing.
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- G Somlo
- Department of Medical Oncology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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Montemurro F, Ueno NT, Rondón G, Aglietta M, Champlin RE. High-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for breast cancer: current status, future trends. Clin Breast Cancer 2000; 1:197-209; discussion 210. [PMID: 11899644 DOI: 10.3816/cbc.2000.n.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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High-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HDC/HSCT) has been extensively studied as a potential treatment for breast cancer. A literature search of MEDLINE from January 1990 through December 1999 identified 497 published full papers. Of these articles, 120 reported the results of clinical trials, 78 were reviews, and 299 reported on issues related to the technology of peripheral stem cells, supportive care, and toxicity. The phase II data must be interpreted with caution, as it is subject to selection bias; transplant recipients tended to be younger, rigorously staged, and selected to be chemotherapy responsive. There continues to be controversy regarding the role of high-dose therapy in this disease. Only a few fully published randomized trials are available; these studies were powered only to detect large differences in survival and no benefit was shown. Several large controlled trials are either in progress or are too early for definitive analysis. This review analyzes the current literature on HDC/HSCT for breast cancer, identifying prognostic factors and discussing ongoing research designed to improve antitumor effects.
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- F Montemurro
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, University of Turin, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo, Turin, Italy.
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