HER2-overexpressing breast cancer: FDG uptake after two cycles of chemotherapy predicts the outcome of neoadjuvant treatment

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1157-1164

  Groheux, D ^a,b   Giacchetti, S ^a   Hatt, M ^c   Marty, M ^a   Vercellino, L ^a,b   De Roquancourt, A ^a   Cuvier, C ^a   Coussy, F ^a   Espie M ^a   Hindie E ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; breast cancer; HER2; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; metabolic response; pathologic complete response

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIRUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PET SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SURVIVAL RATE; TAXOIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883739924     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.469     Document Type: Article

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