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Systematic Reviews of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Reviewed August 2011
9 Resources Found
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| Title: | High dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Advanced or 'metastatic' breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast and underarm lymph nodes to other parts of the body. Although metastatic breast cancer is often responsive to conventional chemotherapy it does not provide a cure. The do... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Addition of drug/s to a chemotherapy regimen for metastatic breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Advanced breast cancer is treatable but not curable. Women with advanced breast cancer have an average survival of about 2 years, although some women may live for many years beyond this. Therefore, it is important to investigate different chemotherapy t... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Single agent versus combination chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that has advanced and spread beyond the breast and regional lymph nodes. Although many women will live with advanced disease for many years, treatment is aimed at the alleviation of symptoms rather than cure. The first... |
| Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Title: | Chinese medicinal herbs to treat the side-effects of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chinese medicinal herbs (CMH) include any mixture of herbal compounds and decoction (the process by which herbs are boiled and remaining liquid used for health purposes), including the development of herbal formulae and injections, and capsules. Althoug... |
| Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Title: | Bisphosphonates for breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | When breast cancer has spread to the bones (bone metastases ), bisphosphonate drugs (added to anti-cancer treatment for breast cancer) can reduce pain, fractures and other bone problems. Women and men with advanced breast cancer commonly develop bone me... |
| Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Title: | Antitumour antibiotic containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Advanced (metastatic) breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast. Treatment for metastatic disease usually involves some type of chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs) to try to reduce the cancer. Chemotherapy drugs can either be given as a sin... |
| Date: | Oct 2006 |
| Title: | High dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with early poor prognosis breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is no evidence to show that women with early poor-prognosis breast cancer live longer if they undergo high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplantation. Women with breast cancer who have multiple positive lymph nodes when first diagnosed are a... |
| Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Title: | Taxane containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chemotherapy including taxane could improve survival and disease progression in women with advanced breast cancer, but more research is needed on which regimens help most. Advanced (metastatic) breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast. ... |
| Date: | Mar 2004 |
| Title: | Platinum containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chemotherapy containing platinum causes more adverse effects than other options but might not increase survival in women receiving their first treatments for advanced breast cancer. Advanced (metastatic) breast cancer has spread beyond the breast. Treat... |
| Date: | May 2003 |
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