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Safety of Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer With Trastuzumab Beyond Disease Progression

Abstract

PURPOSE: In a pivotal phase III trial, the addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy significantly improved response rate, time to disease progression, and overall survival in women with HER2 overexpressing metastatic breast cancer. We conducted an extension study to this trial to obtain additional safety information and to provide trastuzumab following disease progression. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 247 patients with documented disease …

Authors

Tripathy D; Slamon DJ; Cobleigh M; Arnold A; Saleh M; Mortimer JE; Murphy M; Stewart SJ

Journal

Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 1063–1070

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Publication Date

March 15, 2004

DOI

10.1200/jco.2004.06.557

ISSN

0732-183X