Survival in Cytologically Proven Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients with Nodal Pathological Complete Response after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.
Hitoshi InariNatsuki TeruyaMiki KishiRie HoriiFutoshi AkiyamaShunji TakahashiYoshinori ItoTakayuki UenoTakuji IwaseShinji OhnoPublished in: Cancers (2020)
Axillary pCR was associated with improved prognosis. Patients with axillary pCR and matched pairs with axillary pN- without NAC had comparable outcomes. This information will be useful when considering the intensity of follow-up and adjuvant therapy.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- lymph node
- positive breast cancer
- sentinel lymph node
- locally advanced
- transcription factor
- real time pcr
- high intensity
- healthcare
- squamous cell carcinoma
- type diabetes
- health information
- free survival
- skeletal muscle
- radiation therapy
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- glycemic control