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Response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancer in BRCA mutation carriers and noncarriers: a single-institution experience.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Oct 2011
Arun Banu, Bayraktar Soley, Liu Diane D, Gutierrez Barrera Angelica M, Atchley Deann, Pusztai Lajos, Litton Jennifer Keating, Valero Vicente, Meric-Bernstam Funda, Hortobagyi Gabriel N, Albarracin Constance
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To compare the pathologic complete response (pCR) rate and relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) after neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy (NST) in patients with breast cancer with and without deleterious BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 317 women who underwent BRCA genetic testing and were treated with NST for breast cancer between 1997 and 2009 were included in...
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