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Abstract
In a real-world setting, this study evaluated clinical parameters and outcomes with the administration of eribulin in heavily pre-treated Indian metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients using electronic medical records. Among 145 patients, 46.2% were oestrogen/progesterone receptor-positive, 15.9% had HER2-overexpression, and 46.2% had triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Eribulin was administered as a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and ≥5th line chemotherapy in 11.7%, 18.6%, 30.3%, and 39.3% patients, respectively. Grade ≥3 neutropenia occurred in 26.2% of patients. After six cycles, 1.8% had complete response, 17.5% partial response, 17.5% stable disease, and 57.9% experienced disease progression. The overall response rate was 7.6%. Median progression-free survival and overall survival were 3.9 and 11.6 months, respectively. Overall, the study shows low response rate with manageable toxicity. The findings highlight the need for further focused studies comparing eribulin with existing chemotherapies, especially in the Indian patients with disease heterogeneity and unique genetic makeup.
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The Journal of Chemotherapy is an international multidisciplinary journal committed to the rapid publication of high quality, peer-reviewed, original research on all aspects of antimicrobial and antitumor chemotherapy.
The Journal publishes original experimental and clinical research articles, state-of-the-art reviews, brief communications and letters on all aspects of chemotherapy, providing coverage of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and control of infection, as well as the use of anticancer and immunomodulating drugs.
Specific areas of focus include, but are not limited to:
· Antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic, and antiprotozoal agents;
· Anticancer classical and targeted chemotherapeutic agents, biological agents, hormonal drugs, immunomodulatory drugs, cell therapy and gene therapy;
· Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of antimicrobial and anticancer agents;
· The efficacy, safety and toxicology profiles of antimicrobial and anticancer drugs;
· Drug interactions in single or combined applications;
· Drug resistance to antimicrobial and anticancer drugs;
· Research and development of novel antimicrobial and anticancer drugs, including preclinical, translational and clinical research;
· Biomarkers of sensitivity and/or resistance for antimicrobial and anticancer drugs;
· Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics;
· Precision medicine in infectious disease therapy and in cancer therapy;
· Pharmacoeconomics of antimicrobial and anticancer therapies and the implications to patients, health services, and the pharmaceutical industry.