High-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in high-risk breast cancer (BC) patients with ≥4 involved axillary lymph nodes (ALN): 20-year follow-up of a randomized phase 3 study
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885 patients (64% 4-9 ALN, 36% >9 ALN; 53% ER+/HER2-, 23% HER2+, 16% TN, 8% unknown) were randomized to FEC (n = 443) or HDCT (n = 442)….Long-term follow-up confirms survival benefit of HDCT in BC patients with >9 involved ALN and suggests benefit in TNBC patients.