Receipt of a taxane before anthracycline was associated with improved pCR : @ ( @ % , @ % CI @-@ ) of @ patients who received paclitaxel with or without gemcitabine followed by epirubicin and cyclophosphamide achieved pCR compared with @ ( @ % , @-@ ) of @ patients who received epirubicin and cyclophosphamide first ( p = @ ) .