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Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more

  • Authors:
    • Keiichi Kontani
    • Shin-Ichiro Hashimoto
    • Chisa Murazawa
    • Shoko Norimura
    • Hiroaki Tanaka
    • Masahiro Ohtani
    • Naomi Fujiwara-Honjo
    • Manabu Date
    • Hitoshi Houchi
    • Hiroyasu Yokomise
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    Affiliations: Department of Respiratory, Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University Hospital, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan, Department of Surgery, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760‑0017, Japan, Department of Pharmacy, Kagawa University Hospital, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan, Kagawa Health Service Association, Health Care Center, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-8071, Japan, Department of Radiology, Osaka Neurosurgery Hospital, Takamatsu 761-8083, Japan, Department of Surgery, Date Hospital, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-0076, Japan
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    Published online on: December 10, 2012
       https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.49
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Abstract

The objective of treatment for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is to control the disease or disease‑related symptoms. Prolonged survival has also often been achieved by chemotherapeutic regimens in this setting. Long‑term administration of one therapeutic regimen is essential for prolonging survival as well as for maintaining quality of life in these patients. In this study, we focused on time to treatment failure (TTF) as a parameter that predicts patient survival and we retrospectively compared clinical outcomes of patients with MBC who showed TTF of ≥12 months (26 patients) and <12 months (29 patients). The proportion of hormone receptor‑positive tumors and the number of prior chemotherapy regimens for MBC were signifi­cantly higher and tumor grade was lower in patients with TTF ≥12 months compared to those with TTF <12 months. With regard to clinical outcomes, the objective response rate (ORR) in patients with TTF ≥12 months was significantly higher and median time to progression (TTP) and overall survival (OS) were longer compared to those with TTF <12 months. Of note, the proportion of patients who received metronomic regimens was significantly higher in patients with TTF ≥12 months compared to those with TTF <12 months (80.8 vs. 24.1%, P=0.00003). To assess the clinical benefit of metronomic regimens, the efficacy in patients receiving metronomic and those receiving non‑metronomic regimens was compared. Although there was no difference in ORR between the two groups, median TTP and OS were significantly longer in the metronomic compared to the non‑metronomic group (TTP: 30 vs. 4 months, P=0.0017; OS: 68 vs. 28 months, P=0.0005). The results suggested that metronomic chemotherapy is useful for palliative care and also improved clinical outcomes as a regimen for which long‑term administration may be expected.
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Kontani K, Hashimoto S, Murazawa C, Norimura S, Tanaka H, Ohtani M, Fujiwara-Honjo N, Date M, Houchi H, Yokomise H, Yokomise H, et al: Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more. Mol Clin Oncol 1: 225-230, 2013.
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Kontani, K., Hashimoto, S., Murazawa, C., Norimura, S., Tanaka, H., Ohtani, M. ... Yokomise, H. (2013). Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 1, 225-230. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.49
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Kontani, K., Hashimoto, S., Murazawa, C., Norimura, S., Tanaka, H., Ohtani, M., Fujiwara-Honjo, N., Date, M., Houchi, H., Yokomise, H."Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1.2 (2013): 225-230.
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Kontani, K., Hashimoto, S., Murazawa, C., Norimura, S., Tanaka, H., Ohtani, M., Fujiwara-Honjo, N., Date, M., Houchi, H., Yokomise, H."Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1, no. 2 (2013): 225-230. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.49
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Kontani, K., Hashimoto, S., Murazawa, C., Norimura, S., Tanaka, H., Ohtani, M. ... Yokomise, H. (2013). Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 1, 225-230. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.49
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Kontani, K., Hashimoto, S., Murazawa, C., Norimura, S., Tanaka, H., Ohtani, M., Fujiwara-Honjo, N., Date, M., Houchi, H., Yokomise, H."Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1.2 (2013): 225-230.
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Kontani, K., Hashimoto, S., Murazawa, C., Norimura, S., Tanaka, H., Ohtani, M., Fujiwara-Honjo, N., Date, M., Houchi, H., Yokomise, H."Metronomic chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer to prolong time to treatment failure to 12 months or more". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1, no. 2 (2013): 225-230. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.49
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