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Breast Cancer
Pre-operative chemotherapy boosts breast conservation by up to 30%
April 6th, 2004
The increasing use of pre-operative chemotherapy means that 15% to 30% more breast cancer patients may now be suitable for breast conservation surgery than 10 years ago, according to a cancer specialist. It also allows doctors to know very quickly which drugs individual patients are failing to respond to and switch treatments much faster than before. Michael Untch told a March 17, 2004, session of the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference that doctors are now applying different primary (pre-operative or neo-adjuvant) systemic therapies to achieve higher rates of pathological complete remission (pCR; defined as the disappearance of cancer in the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-06)
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