Ki-67 and breast cancer prognosis: does it matter if Ki-67 level is examined using preoperative biopsy or postoperative specimen?

Soon Bo ChoiJung Min ParkJee Hyun AhnJieon GoJeeye KimHyung Seok ParkSeung Il KimByeong-Woo ParkSeho Park

Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2022)

Despite the problems associated with Ki-67, Ki-67 level is an important independent prognostic factor, regardless of the timing of Ki-67 testing, i.e., preoperative or postoperative testing.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
prognostic factors
mental health
squamous cell carcinoma
ultrasound guided
lymph node