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A trial looking at chemotherapy after surgery for breast cancer (TACT 2)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared 2 weekly with 3 weekly epirubicin followed by either CMF or capecitabine, after surgery for breast cancer.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 16 December 2005

Recruitment end: 5 December 2008

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor David Cameron

Supported by

Roche

Cancer Research UK

Amgen

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NHS Lothian

Pfizer

The Institute of Cancer Research

Last reviewed: 3 January 2018

CRUK internal database number: 424

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