On-treatment biomarkers can improve prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

Abstract Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is increasingly given preoperatively to shrink breast tumours prior to surgery. This approach also provides the opportunity to study the molecular changes associated with treatment and evaluate whether on-treatment sequential samples can improve response...

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Main Authors: Richard J. Bownes, Arran K. Turnbull, Carlos Martinez-Perez, David A. Cameron, Andrew H. Sims, Olga Oikonomidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-019-1159-3