The impact of actual body weight-based chemotherapy dosing and body size on adverse events and outcome in older patients with breast cancer: Results from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial 49907 (Alliance A151436)

Conclusion Obesity was not correlated with adverse relapse or survival outcome, and grade≥3 toxicities were not greater with ABW-based dosing. This supports safety and efficacy of ABW-based dosing as per the 2012 ASCO clinical practice guideline. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00024102 (49907).
Source: Journal of Geriatric Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research