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Non-Anthracyline Regimen May Be O.K. for Patients with Early Breast Cancer taking Trastuzumab (Herceptin)

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Dennis Slamon, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles
It may be reasonable to replace the anthracycline component of adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin in HER-2 positive patients with early breast cancer - provided agents such as docetaxel and trastuzumab are also included, according to the findings of the BCIRG 006 trial reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
COMMENT: Norman Wolmark, NSABP foundation, Pittsburg


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Terje Pedersen, Ulleval University, Oslo
Lowering LDL Cholesterol intensively as a means of treating aortic stenosis was found to have no benefit in the SEAS (Simvastatin and Ezetimibe In Aortic Stenosis) study reported by Terje Pederson at a Hot Line session of the E.S.C. Congress. But the potential gains from such lowering in other clinical situations could be considerable, according to Eugene Braunwald who chaired the session. In Munich they talked with Peter Goodwin.
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Bayard Roberts, Siân Clarke, Sandy Cairncross, Claire Bertschinger and Virginia Berridge
Derek Thorne and Peter Goodwin talk with Bayard Roberts, Siân Clarke, Sandy Cairncross, Claire Bertschinger and Virginia Berridge of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about:
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