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Breast cancer sensitivity to neoadjuvant therapy in BRCA1 and CHEK2 mutation carriers and non-carriers.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Dec 2014
Pfeifer Werner, Sokolenko Anna P, Potapova Olga N, Bessonov Alexandr A, Ivantsov Alexandr O, Laptiev Sergey A, Zaitseva Olga A, Yatsuk Olga S, Matsko Dmitry E, Semiglazova Tatiana Yu, Togo Alexandr V, Imyanitov Evgeny N
Abstract excerpt
Breast carcinomas caused by inheritance of cancer-predisposing germ-line mutations have specific bioclinical features. This study aimed to analyze the efficacy of conventional cytotoxic treatment in BRCA1 and CHEK2 mutation carriers and non-carriers. The study included 415 Russian breast cancer patients aged 50 years or younger, who were subjected to various standard schemes of neoadjuvant therapy. The choice of...
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