We were, however, able to identify a subgroup of patients that derived clinically meaningful benefit from combination chemotherapy as compared to single agent chemotherapy using TIMP-1 immunoreactivity although the results did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.06).
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TIMP-1 and responsiveness to gemcitabine in advanced breast cancer; results from a randomized phase III trial from the Danish breast cancer cooperative group.
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Additionally, a borderline significant interaction for OS was observed between TIMP-1 status and benefit from GD compared to D (P interaction = 0.06) such that median OS increased by nine months for TIMP-1 negative patients receiving GD.
However, the test for interaction between TIMP-1 status and treatment did only reach borderline significance.