Does color doppler ultrasound vascularity predict the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer?

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1367-1372

  Boonjunwetwat, Darunee ^a   Prueksadee, Jenjeera ^a   Sampatanukul, Pichet ^a   Chatamra, Kris ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Color doppler; Imaging; Neoadjuvant; Tumor response

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 30844445788     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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