Background: Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among Indonesian women. Adjuvant chemotherapy plays a crucial role in the management of early breast cancer patients, with docetaxel-based regimens as a cornerstone therapy. The Asia-Pacific breast initiative II registry was established to evaluate safety parameters of docetaxel-based regimens in the Asia-Pacific region within 2009–2013 period. The result from Indonesia population is presented in this study.Methods: This study was a part of International, longitudinal, multicenter, and observational research which included a group of consecutive early breast cancer patients with an intermediate-to-high risk of recurrence that was being treated with various docetaxel-based (anthracycline and non-anthracycline) adjuvant chemotherapy regimens during 2009–2013 in real-world clinical settings.Results: The analysis included 49 subjects (2.8% of total study population). Majority of subjects received non-anthracycline-containing regimen (79.6%). Docetaxel was mainly prescribed in combination (63.27%). Chemotherapy-related adverse events were reported in all subjects. Mean number of cycles received by subjects was 5.5 cycles with dose intensity of 23.78 mg/m2/week.Conclusions: The Indonesian result, as part of the Asia-Pacific Breast Initiative II Registry, identified some important factors that are relevant to clinical practice, including patient’s characteristics and treatment pattern of docetaxel use as adjuvant chemotherapy regimens.
Diagnosis and treatment pattern among rural and urban breast cancer patients in Southwest China from 2005 to 2009
