title: [Primary chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer].
abstract: Between 1980 and 1992, 457 consecutive patients with initial breast cancer entered two successive protocols combining neoadjuvant chemotherapy, hormonotherapy (tamoxifen) and locoregional radiotherapy (teleradiotherapy and boost by iridium) as exclusive locoregional treatment. Cytological diagnosis, hormone receptors, cytological grading were provided by fine needle aspiration. Both protocols included velbe, thiotepa, methotrexate, 5FU and adriamycin with some minor differences regarding the schedule of doses and their number during induction and during the consolidation phase. In both studies, over 50% patients had locally advanced breast cancer (IIb, IIIa or IIIb). Chemotherapy induced tumor regression over 50% in 91% patients of the first protocol (30% complete clinical remission CR) and in 94% patients of the 2nd protocol (40% CR): in this protocol 20 poor responders were given a rescue protocol (2 CR; 9 partial remissions). The 5 year actuarial rate of breast preservation is 94% and the 5 year actuarial rate of local relapses is 15%. The cosmetic results according to Danoff are excellent 20%, good 55%, mean 35%. Disease free survival and overall survival compare favorably to published data: they depend on TNM stages, tumor differentiation and chemotherapy induced early tumor regression.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Auclerc
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Borel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khayat
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soubrane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013629:Tamoxifen
vernacular_title: La chimiothérapie première dans le traitement du cancer du sein.