Critical Reviews in Oncology / Hematology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77, July 2010

Weekly paclitaxel versus weekly docetaxel in elderly or frail patients with metastatic breast carcinoma: A randomized phase-II study of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology

  • Benoit Beuselinck

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Medical Oncology Department, Belgium
  • ,
  • Hans Wildiers

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Medical Oncology Department, Belgium
  • ,
  • Wim Wynendaele

      Affiliations

    • Medical Oncology Departments of Algemeen Ziekenhuis Imelda, Bonheiden, Belgium
  • ,
  • Luc Dirix

      Affiliations

    • Algemeen Ziekenhuis St-Augustinus, Wilrijk, Belgium
  • ,
  • Jean-Pierre Kains

      Affiliations

    • Hôpitaux Iris Sud, Ixelles, Belgium
  • ,
  • Robert Paridaens

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Medical Oncology Department, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel.: +32 16 34 69 00; fax: +32 16 34 69 01.

Accepted 2 July 2009. published online 03 August 2009.

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 The safety data in this study were presented at the 9th SIOG meeting on Geriatric Oncology in Montreal, Canada on 18 of October 2008. The trial was also presented as a poster at the 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Texas, 10–14 December 2008.

PII: S1040-8428(09)00137-1

doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.07.001

Critical Reviews in Oncology / Hematology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77, July 2010