Metaplastic breast cancer: Prognostic and therapeutic considerations.

Giovanni CorsoSamuele FrassoniAntonia GirardiElisa De CamilliEmilia MontagnaMattia IntraLuca BottiglieriAlessandra Margherita De ScalziDenise Mattar FanianosFrancesca MagnoniAlessandra InventoAntonio ToescaFabio ConfortiVincenzo BagnardiGiuseppe VialeMarco Angelo ColleoniPaolo Veronesi

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)

Our results demonstrate that metaplastic and ductal breast cancers with TN phenotype are similar in terms of overall and disease-free survival. Metaplastic cancers are poorly responsive to neoadjuvant treatment, and in the absence of novel targeted therapies, surgical treatment remains the first choice.

Keyphrases

free survival
rectal cancer
lymph node
locally advanced
radiation therapy
childhood cancer
young adults
drug delivery