HER-2, p53, p21 and hormonal receptors proteins expression as predictive factors of response and prognosis in locally advanced breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant docetaxel plus epirubicin combination

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been considered the standard care in locally advanced breast cancer. However, about 20% of the patients do not benefit from this clinical treatment and, predictive factors of response were not defined yet...

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Main Authors: Tiezzi Marcelo G, Marana Heitor RC, Zola Fábio E, Ribeiro-Silva Alfredo, Andrade Jurandyr M, Tiezzi Daniel G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/36