- Prior neo-adjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy is allowed, and patients must have recovered from the acute toxicity of such therapies. No prior therapy for metastatic disease is allowed. If a taxane was part of the adjuvant regimen, at least 12 months should have passed from completion of taxane regimen to relapse. If a non-taxane-based adjuvant therapy was administered, at least 6 months should have passed from completion to relapse.