Article
[Evaluation of pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: correlation with molecular phenotype].
Revista espanola de patologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Anatomia Patologica y de la Sociedad Espanola de Citologia - 1 Jan 2000
Blanco Sánchez Alberto, Yébenes Laura, Berjón Alberto, Hardisson David
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Breast cancer can be classified into different molecular subtypes with important therapeutic and prognostic implications. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) increases the possibility of performing conservative surgery and allows in vivo testing of the sensitivity of the tumor. Our aim was to evaluate the pathological response to NAC in relation to the molecular phenotype and the different...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Axilla
- Breast
- Breast Neoplasms
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Phenotype
- Receptor, ErbB-2
