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SUBMITTER: Tiberi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7339847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tiberi D D Vavassis P P Nguyen D D Guilbert M C MC Simon-Cloutier A A Dubé P P Gervais M K MK Sideris L L Leblanc G G Hijal T T Dufresne M P MP Yassa M M
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) 20200601 3
<h4>Introduction</h4>Standard treatment for early-stage invasive breast cancer (bca) consists of breast-conserving surgery and several weeks of adjuvant radiotherapy (rt). Neoadjuvant single-fraction rt is a novel approach for early-stage bca. We sought to investigate the effect of delaying surgery after neoadjuvant rt with respect to the rate of pathologic response (pr).<h4>Methods</h4>Women 65 years of age or older with a new diagnosis of stage i luminal A bca were eligible for inclusion. A si ...[more]