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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2, 80–81 (1 February 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncponc0079

Should paclitaxel be combined with epirubicin or carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer?

Sudeep Gupta

Fountzilas G et al. (2004) Paclitaxel and epirubicin versus paclitaxel and carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer: a phase III study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group. Annals of Oncology 15: 1517–1526 Synopsis Background The combination of paclitaxel and doxorubicin is effective in advanced breast cancer, but epirubicin has been substituted for doxorubicin because it reduces cardiotoxicity.