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SUBMITTER: Yang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4955253 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Yaewon Y Im Seock-Ah SA Keam Bhumsuk B Lee Kyung-Hun KH Kim Tae-Yong TY Suh Koung Jin KJ Ryu Han Suk HS Moon Hyeong-Gon HG Han Sae-Won SW Oh Do-Youn DY Han Wonshik W Kim Tae-You TY Park In Ae IA Noh Dong-Young DY
BMC cancer 20160721
<h4>Background</h4>Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a standard treatment for stage II/III breast cancer patients, and response to NAC is a useful prognostic marker. Since its introduction, 6-8 cycles of NAC has become the standard regimen to improve the outcome of these patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognostic impact of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) response criteria and this tool's usefulness in four different breast cancer subtypes.<h4>Methods</h4>We c ...[more]