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05 2016 The Lancet. Oncology

Bevacizumab plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with HER2-negative inflammatory breast cancer (BEVERLY-1): a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 study.

Authors

Bertucci F, Fekih M, Autret A, Petit T, Dalenc F, Levy C, Romieu G, Bonneterre J, Ferrero JM, Kerbrat P, Soulie P, Mouret-Reynier MA, Bachelot T, Lerebours F, Eymard JC, Deblock M, Lortholary A, Hardy-Bessard AC, Barthelemy P, Bonnefoi H, Charafe-Jauffret E, Bidard FC, Viens P, Lemonnier J, Pierga JY

Summary

Addition of bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting in patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer improves progression-free survival and the proportion of patients achieving pathological complete response. In the BEVERLY-1 (UCBG-0802) trial we aimed to assess the addition of bevacizumab to neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with HER2-negative inflammatory breast cancer.

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