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Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, carboplatin, docetaxel, and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving bexarotene and tretinoin together with combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.
The use of each type of chemotherapy drug (or combination of drugs) for metastatic breast cancer is called a âlineâ of treatment. For example, the first chemotherapy used is called the âfirst-lineâ treatment and the second is called the âsecond-lineâ treatment.