Figure 2From: Clinical trials update of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Breast Cancer GroupTreatment scheme of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 10994 p53 trial. * Each collaborating group will choose one of these two options before entering the patients into the trial. Arm A: FEC 100 (EORTC, Anglo-Celtic and SAKK [Swiss Group for Clinical Research] groups), 500 mg/m2 fluorouracil, 100 mg/m2 epirubicin, 500 mg/m2 cyclophosphamide every 3 weeks for six cycles [12]; or tailored FEC (Swedish group), all patients will start at the first course on day 1 with 600 mg/m2 fluorouracil intravenously (IV) on day 1, 75 mg/m2 epirubicin IV on day 1, 900 mg/m2 cyclophosphamide IV on day 1 every 3 weeks for six cycles; 5 μg/kg granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) on days 5–12 and 500 mg ciprofloxacin orally twice daily on days 5–15 [13]. Arm B: 100 mg/m2 docetaxel every 3 weeks for three cycles, followed by 90 mg/m2 epirubicin and 75 mg/m2 docetaxel every 3 weeks without G-CSF for three cycles. ** In case of progressive disease (PD) after a minimum of two cycles, the patient will be off study. *** Locoregional treatment and hormonotherapy: in the absence of locoregional progression, surgical and radiation therapy treatment will be planned according to the guidelines detailed in the full protocol. Tamoxifen (20 mg/day for 5 years) will be prescribed at the end of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with estrogen receptor-positive and/or progesterone receptor-positive tumours. RAND, randomization.Back to article page