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Article: CAELYX(R) Delays Time to Disease Progression as Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer.
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- June 3, 2007
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CHICAGO, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Schering-Plough Corp. announced results from a Phase III study that showed maintenance chemotherapy with CAELYX(R) (pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride) significantly prolonged time to progression (TTP) in patients with metastatic breast cancer with infrequent and manageable clinical toxicity after first-line chemotherapy. These data were presented today at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
"While standard chemotherapy has proven effective for patients with metastatic breast cancer, their response is short-lived and the time to progression is brief," said Emilio Alba, M.D., professor at ...