## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. In patients with locally advanced and operable breast cancer, neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been demonstrated to increase the chance of breastโconserving surgery (BCS) when compared with adjuvant treatment; moreover, patients who achieve a pathologic complete response (pC
Benefit of taxanes as adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer : Pooled analysis of 15,500 patients
โ Scribed by Emilio Bria; Cecilia Nistico; Federica Cuppone; Paolo Carlini; Mariangela Ciccarese; Michele Milella; Guido Natoli; Edmondo Terzoli; Francesco Cognetti; Diana Giannarelli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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