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A trial looking at treatment for post menopausal women with breast cancer (DEVA trial)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at epirubicin chemotherapy, with or without docetaxel for post menopausal women with breast cancer. It also tried to find out the best time to start hormone therapy for these women.

Recruitment start: 1 August 1997

Recruitment end: 10 August 2005

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 Charles Coombes

Supported by

International Collaborative Cancer Group (ICCG)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 9 March 2012

CRUK internal database number: 31

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