This trial assessed the efficacy and safety of the TX regimen (docetaxel and capecitabine)... in locally advanced or high risk early HER2-negative breast cancer…14 patients in the TX group achieved a pCR, and nine patients in the TE group achieved a pCR (25.9% vs. 15.3%), with a not significant difference of 10.6% (95% CI -6.0-27.3%; P = 0.241). In a subgroup with high Ki-67 score, TX increased the pCR rate by 24.2% (95% CI 2.2-46.1%; P = 0.029)....The anthracycline-free TX regimen yielded comparable pCR and long-term survival rates to the TE regimen.