Choice of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Based on Breast Cancer Subtype
Shimada, H.; Fujiuchi, N.; Saeki, T.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 43(2): 170-173
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 27067682 Document Number: 686651
Adjuvant chemotherapy targets micrometastases. If micrometastases are destroyed, patients with breast cancer will be cured. Currently, in Japan, standard breast cancer therapy is decided based on subtypes that are defined according to ER, PgR, HER2, and Ki-67 expression. We present here an outline of the recommended chemotherapy regimens based on evidence.