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- Title
Clinical significance of axillary microresiduals after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with cytologically proven metastases.
- Authors
Sakakibara, Masahiro; Nagashima, Takeshi; Kadowaki, Masami; Onai, Yasuhide; Fujimori, Toshihiko; Yokomizo, Jissei; Suzuki, Hiroshi; Fushimi, Koya; Nakatani, Yukio; Miyazaki, Masaru
- Abstract
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has been widely accepted for advanced breast cancer patients, and pathological complete remission (pCR) was revealed to be an important prognostic factor. The pCR status of cytologically proven axillary metastases (ALN-pCR) offers a more powerful prognostic predictor than pCR of the main tumor. This study evaluated the clinical significance of residual micrometastases and discusses screening methods after NAC in patients with cytologically proven axillary metastases.
- Publication
Annals of surgical oncology, 2009, Vol 16, Issue 9, p2470
- ISSN
1534-4681
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1245/s10434-009-0612-4