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Review
. 2010 May 24:2:13-23.
doi: 10.2147/bctt.s5430.

Ixabepilone as monotherapy or in combination for the treatment of advanced breast cancer

Erin M Bertino  1 , Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy  1
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Review

Ixabepilone as monotherapy or in combination for the treatment of advanced breast cancer

Erin M Bertino et al. Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press). .

Abstract

Advanced breast cancer represents a therapeutic challenge for oncologists. Chemotherapy with anthracyclines and taxanes has improved survival in this setting, but resistant and refractory disease is common. Ixabepilone, an epothilone, is a recently approved chemotherapeutic agent, both as a single agent and in combination with capecitabine, with efficacy in patients with resistant advanced disease. In this review, the distinctive properties of this drug are discussed, as well as the clinical evidence of efficacy. Ongoing clinical trials are exploring the role of ixabepilone in several clinical settings: neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and novel combinations.

Keywords: chemotherapy; metastatic disease; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; solid tumor.

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Phase I trials of single-agent ixabepilone. Abbreviation: DLT, dose-limiting toxicities; MTD, maximum tolerated dose/recommended phase II dose.
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