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SUBMITTER: Sabatier R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6572380 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sabatier Renaud R Charafe-Jauffret Emmanuelle E Pierga Jean-Yves JY Curé Hervé H Lambaudie Eric E Genre Dominique D Houvenaeghel Gilles G Viens Patrice P Ginestier Christophe C Bertucci François F Sfumato Patrick P Extra Jean-Marc JM Gonçalves Anthony A
Journal of clinical medicine 20190506 5
Preclinical works have suggested cytotoxic chemotherapies may increase the number of cancer stem cells (CSC) whereas angiogenesis inhibition may decrease CSC proliferation. We developed a proof of concept clinical trial to explore bevacizumab activity on breast CSC. Breast cancer patients requiring preoperative chemotherapy were included in this open-label, randomized, prospective, multicenter phase II trial. All received FEC-docetaxel combination, and patients randomized in the experimental arm ...[more]