Neoadjuvant therapy-What have we achieved in the last 20 years

Breast Care

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 419-426

  Huober, Jens ^a   Von Minckwitz, Gunter ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b German Breast Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

Her2 positive breast cancer; Molecular subtypes; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Pathologic complete remission

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LAPATINIB; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB; VINORELBINE DITARTRATE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84455162475     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335347     Document Type: Article

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