Efficacy comparisons of solvent-based paclitaxel, liposomal paclitaxel, nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel, and docetaxel after neoadjuvant systemic treatment in breast cancer

There are four kinds of taxanes: solvent-based paclitaxel (Sb-P), liposomal paclitaxel (Lps-P), nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (Nab-P), and docetaxel. This study aims to retrospectively evaluate the efficacy of different taxanes on neoadjuvant systemic treatment (NST) in breast cancer.Patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer and had received integral NST from August 2013 to April 2022 were enrolled. The efficacy was divided into total pathological complete response (total-pCR), breast pathological complete response (breast-pCR), and axillary pathological complete response (axillary-pCR) for in-depth analysis and discussion.The choice of taxane was an independent risk factor for total-pCR and breast-pCR rates. The highest total-pCR and breast-pCR rates were found in the Nab-P group. The difference was not significant among all the taxanes in the axillary-pCR rate.Nab-P significantly improved the total-pCR and breast-pCR rates. It should be the first choice among taxanes in NST for breast cancer.