Ki-67 labeling index is a predictive marker for a pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: a meta-analysis

M Tao, S Chen, X Zhang, Q Zhou - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: A pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
(NCT) is a strong indicator of the benefit of therapy and presents an early surrogate for a …

Long-term safety of letrozole and gonadotropin stimulation for fertility preservation in women with breast cancer

J Kim, V Turan, K Oktay - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Context and Objective: There has been increased attention to the issue of fertility
preservation (FP). We aimed to investigate the long-term safety of FP via controlled ovarian …

Current challenges in HER2-positive breast cancer

F Puglisi, C Fontanella, V Amoroso, GV Bianchi… - Critical Reviews in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The introduction of trastuzumab into routine clinical practice has had a dramatic effect on the
outlook for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. Nevertheless, answers to some long …

Impact of body mass index on neoadjuvant treatment outcome: a pooled analysis of eight prospective neoadjuvant breast cancer trials

C Fontanella, B Lederer, S Gade, M Vanoppen… - Breast cancer research …, 2015 - Springer
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer (BC) and poorer outcome. We
assessed the impact of body mass index (BMI) on pathological complete response (pCR) …

Biomarkers predicting pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

X Li, U Krishnamurti, S Bhattarai… - American journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: Recent studies have shown strong correlation of pathologic complete response
(pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with survival and prognosis in breast cancers …

Dynamic diffuse optical tomography for monitoring neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer

JE Gunther, EA Lim, HK Kim, M Flexman, M Altoé… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To identify dynamic optical imaging features that associate with the degree of
pathologic response in patients with breast cancer during neoadjuvant chemotherapy …

Pathological non-response to chemotherapy in a neoadjuvant setting of breast cancer: an inter-institutional study

D Balmativola, C Marchio, M Maule, L Chiusa… - Breast cancer research …, 2014 - Springer
To identify markers of non-response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) that could be used
in the adjuvant setting. Sixteen pathologists of the European Working Group for Breast …

Exploring circulating micro‐RNA in the neoadjuvant treatment of breast cancer

MC Casey, KJ Sweeney, JAL Brown… - International journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy amongst females worldwide. In
recent years the management of this disease has transformed considerably, including the …

BIRC5 (survivin): a pejorative prognostic marker in stage II/III breast cancer with no response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

AS Hamy, I Bieche, J Lehmann-Che, V Scott… - Breast cancer research …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAC) is currently used in the treatment of stage II/III
breast cancer. Pathological complete response as a surrogate endpoint for clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of molecular subtype conversion of breast cancers after neoadjuvant chemotherapy on clinical outcome

SK Lim, MH Lee, IH Park, JY You… - … : official journal of …, 2016 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose The aim of this study was to examine molecular subtype conversions in patients
who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and analyze their clinical implications …