The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment

T Ikeda, H Jinno, A Matsui, S Masamura, M Kitajima - Breast Cancer, 2002 - Springer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has become popular, especially for patients with advanced
breast cancer. The pros and cons of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for treating breast cancer …

Preoperative chemotherapy treatment of breast cancer—a review

AU Buzdar - … International Journal of the American Cancer …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Despite proven benefits of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced,
invasive breast cancer, no regimen is recommended as the treatment of choice …

Treatment of large and locally advanced breast cancers using neoadjuvant chemotherapy

A Eltahir, SD Heys, AW Hutcheon, TK Sarkar… - The American journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant (primary) chemotherapy is being used increasingly in the
treatment of patients with large and locally advanced breast cancer with the aim of reducing …

Proceedings of the consensus conference on neoadjuvant chemotherapy in carcinoma of the breast, April 26–28, 2003, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

GF Schwartz, GN Hortobagyi… - Cancer, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A consensus conference regarding the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with
carcinoma of the breast was held in April 2003 in Philadelphia to review the evidence in …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy: what are the benefits for the patient and for the investigator?

DF Hayes, AF Schott - Journal of the National Cancer Institute …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has several appealing potential benefits compared with classic
adjuvant chemotherapy. Of these, the only proven benefit is to facilitate the surgical …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

F Sapunar, IE Smith - Annals of medicine, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Primary or neoadjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer offers the chance to use the
tumour as an in vivo measure of response, with the additional possibility of down-staging …

The response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts clinical outcome and increases breast conservation in advanced breast cancer

PM Spanheimer, JC Carr, A Thomas, SL Sugg… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine outcomes in patients with breast
cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS: Seventy-two consecutive …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, is practice changing? A population-based review of current surgical trends

PJ Graham, MS Brar, T Foster, M McCall… - Annals of surgical …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer is used to downstage locally
advanced and inoperable tumors. Expanded benefits of neoadjuvant chemotherapy include …

Is there still a role for neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer?

C Shannon, I Smith - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2003 - Elsevier
The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer is firmly
established. There is now also an emerging role for neoadjuvant systemic therapy in the …

Defining the benefits of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

AF Schott, DF Hayes - Journal of clinical oncology, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Preoperative or neoadjuvant chemotherapy is an option in patients with early-stage breast
cancer. Neoadjuvant treatment has been compared with standard, postoperative adjuvant …