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First line chemotherapy of metastatic breast cancer
1Department of Oncology, Felettino Hospital, La Spezia, Italy. ppronza@tin.it
Abstract:
In the last 20-30 years the approach to metastatic breast cancer by chemotherapy has been largely studied. Anthracyclines, taxanes and, more recently, capecitabine and gemcitabine represent the breakthrough of treatment. In the next future the combination of chemotherapy and target therapy will be considered more frequently.
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