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. 2011 Mar 31;11:118. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-118

Table 2.

Chemotherapies and endocrine therapies for the treatment of recurrent breast cancer for the two cohorts

Cohort A
(n = 170)
Cohort B
(n = 237)
Therapy No. of Patients % No. of Patients %

Hormone therapy, %

 Tamoxifen 65 38* 62 26

 Medroxyprogesterone acetate 80 47* 35 15

 Aromatase inhibitors 19 11* 130 55

Chemotherapy, %

 Anthracyclines 81 48* 51 22

 Taxanes 43 25* 110 46

 Vinorelbine 4 2.4* 60 25

 Capecitabine 13 7.6* 100 42

 Mitomycin 82 49* 2 0.8

HER2 targeting therapy, %

 Trastuzumab 5 2.9* 51 22

*P < .05