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Imaging in evaluation of response to neoadjuvant breast cancer treatment

The role of imaging for patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer is not only to evaluate the therapeutic response in terms of tumour shrinkage, but also to predict the histological response to chemotherapy, which is correlated to survival. Surgery and histopathological analysis af...

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Autores principales: Ollivier, L, Balu-Maestro, C, Leclère, J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: e-MED 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1665221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16154816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2005.0009
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Sumario:The role of imaging for patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer is not only to evaluate the therapeutic response in terms of tumour shrinkage, but also to predict the histological response to chemotherapy, which is correlated to survival. Surgery and histopathological analysis after neoadjuvant therapy allow for an objective assessment of the accuracy of imaging techniques in evaluating response. The aim of this study is to compare the value of the different conventional and functional imaging techniques for determining response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment.