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SUBMITTER: Mougalian SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4845895 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mougalian Sarah S SS Hernandez Mike M Lei Xiudong X Lynch Siobhan S Kuerer Henry M HM Symmans William F WF Theriault Richard L RL Fornage Bruno D BD Hsu Limin L Buchholz Thomas A TA Sahin Aysegul A AA Hunt Kelly K KK Yang Wei Tse WT Hortobagyi Gabriel N GN Valero Vicente V
JAMA oncology 20160401 4
<h4>Importance</h4>The long-term effect of axillary pathologic complete response (pCR) on survival among women with breast cancer treated with primary systemic chemotherapy (PST) is unknown.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the long-term effect of axillary pCR on relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in women with breast cancer with cytologically confirmed axillary lymph node metastases treated with PST.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>We retrospectively analyzed the effect of ...[more]