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Treatment of Breast Cancer - 1.Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Combinations
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Generally, for early stage breast cancer patients, combination of two or three chemotherapy drugs is the preference option. By combining two or three drugs, rapidly dividing cancer cell can be attacked at several key points in their growth cycle. This can give a better chance of stopping the early stage breast cancer.
There are some common chemotherapy combinations for early-stage breast cancer used nowadays,such as:
| Generic |
Brand Name |
| AC (doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide) |
Adriamycin, Cytoxan |
| A-CMF (doxorubicin followed by cyclophosphamide,methotrexate,5-fluorouracil(5-FU) ) |
Adriamycin followed by Cytoxan, Mexate, Adrucil |
| AC-T (doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel) |
Adriamycin and Cytoxan followed by Taxol |
| CEF/FEC (cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, 5-fluorouracil) |
Cytoxan, Ellence, Adrucil (CEF/FEC designates somewhat different drug doses and schedules) |
| CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil) |
Cytoxan, Mexate, Adrucil |
EC (epirubicin, cyclophosphamide)
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Ellence, Cytoxan |
| FAC/CAF (5-fluorouracil,doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide) |
Adrucil, Adriamycin, Cytoxan(FAC/CAF designates somewhat different drug doses and schedules) |
| TAC (docetaxel, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide) |
Taxotere, Adriamycin, Cytoxan |
Adapted from the National Comprehensive Network |
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