Gene expression profiling to predict chemotherapy response in primary breast cancer

Breast Care

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 362-367

  Schneeweiss, A ^a,c   Lichter, P ^b   Sohn, C ^a   Hahn, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression signature; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Pathologic complete response; Primary breast cancer; Response prediction

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33845875455     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097997     Document Type: Review

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