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SUBMITTER: Jin X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4496242 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jin Xi X Jiang Yi-Zhou YZ Chen Sheng S Yu Ke-Da KD Shao Zhi-Ming ZM Di Gen-Hong GH
Oncotarget 20150401 11
The hormone receptor (HR) status and human epidermal growth hormone receptor 2 (HER2) status of patients with breast cancer may change following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT). This prospective observational study aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of receptor conversion in breast cancer patients treated with NCT.Of the 423 consecutive patients who had residual disease in the breast after NCT, 55 (13.0%) changed from HR (+) to HR (-), 23 (5.4%) changed from HR (-) to HR (+), 27 (6.4%) chang ...[more]