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To the Editor: Trastuzumab and aromatase inhibitors — current standard agents for HER2-positive breast cancer and estrogen-receptor–positive postmenopausal breast cancer, respectively — were not included in the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial of adjuvant treatment. Thus, in their report on HER2 and response to paclitaxel in women with node-positive breast cancer, Hayes et al. (Oct. 11 issue)¹ can make no conclusion about the usefulness of the addition of paclitaxel in the current standard combination of drugs.

Dimitrios H. Roukos, M.D.
Ioannina University School of Medicine
Ioannina 45110, Greece
droukos@cc.uoi.gr

1. Hayes DF, Thor AD, Dressler LG, et al. HER2 and response to paclitaxel in node-positive breast cancer. N Engl J Med 2007;357:1496-1506. [Free Full Text]

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