Efficacy and safety of albumin-bound paclitaxel combined with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer / 肿瘤研究与临床

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Objective:To investigate the efficacy and safety of albumin-bound paclitaxel combined with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.Methods:Clinicopathological data of 48 breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery from August 2018 to November 2019 in Shaanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The primary endpoints were pathological complete remission (pCR) rate, objective response rate (ORR) and clinical benefit rate (CBR). The secondary endpoint was the adverse reactions of chemotherapy.Results:The incompletion rate of the protocol-specified courses in all patients was 10.4% (5/48). The pCR rate was 31.2% (15/48), the ORR was 87.5% (42/48), and the CBR was 95.8% (46/48). No statistic difference of pCR rate was obtained in subgroups of patients' age, clinical stage, histological grade, cN stage, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status (all P > 0.05), but it was higher in the Ki-67 high-expression group (Ki-67 positive index ≥30%) [46.7% (14/30) vs. 16.7% (3/18), χ2 = 4.427, P = 0.035]. Common adverse reactions which almost were grade 1-2 included leucopenia (93.8%, 45/48), neutropenia (93.8%, 45/48), arthralgia (27.1%, 13/48), fatigue (22.9%, 11/48), peripheral neuropathy (18.8%, 9/48), and nausea and vomiting (18.8%, 9/48). The overall incidence rate of grade 3-4 adverse reactions was 18.8% (9/48). Conclusion:The albumin-bound paclitaxel combined with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide can achieve high pCR rate in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, and the regimen is well tolerated.