Review Article

Anti-EGFR Therapy: Mechanism and Advances in Clinical Efficacy in Breast Cancer

Table 3

Efficacy of Trastuzumab when given in combination with chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer from Slamon et al. [28].

Tratuzumab + AC (n = 143) AC alone (n = 138) Trastuzumab + paclitaxel (n = 92) Paclitaxel alone (n = 96) Trastuzumab + chemotherapy (n = 235) Chemotherapy alone (n = 234)

Median TTP (months)7.86.16.937.44.6
(P = .0004)(P = .0001)(P = .0001)
Response rate (%)564241175032
(P = .0197)(P = .0002)(P < .0001)
Median duration of response (months)9.16.710.54.59.16.1
(P = .0047)(P = .00124)(P = .0002)
Median TTF (months)7.25.65.82.96.94.5
(P = .0014)(P = .0001)(P = .0001)
1-year survival (%)837272607968
(P = .0415)(P = .0975)(P = .008)
Median survival (months)26.822.822.818.425.420.3
(P = .025)

AC: Anthracycline; TTP: Time to disease progression; TTF: Time-to-treatment failure.