Treatment and survival on advanced breast cancer.
The final results of a clinical trial comparing endocrine with cytotoxic drug treatment for advanced breast cancer were analysed. Although cytotoxic treatment gave a significantly higher response rate with a remission duration comparable to that obtained with endocrine treatment, the sequence in which the two treatments were given did not appear to influence survival--except possibly in women with rapidly progressing disease, when cytotoxic treatment is preferred.
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002369:Castration; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D006728:Hormones