## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Randomized trials comparing neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy show that primary chemotherapy allows more frequent breastβpreserving surgery even though no survival advantage has been demonstrated. The aim of the current study was to determine the predicting factors
Breast-conserving treatment after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in large breast cancer
β Scribed by Hideo Inaji; Yoshifumi Komoike; Kazuyoshi Motomura; Tsutomu Kasugai; Yuka Sawai; Masahiko Koizumi; Takayuki Nose; Hiroki Koyama
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 561 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1340-6868
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