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Eliminating Surgery in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Pipe-Dream or Worthy Consideration in Selected Patients?

Eliminating Surgery in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Pipe-Dream or Worthy Consideration in Selected... Curr Breast Cancer Rep (2017) 9:148–155 DOI 10.1007/s12609-017-0242-y LOCAL-REGIONAL EVALUATION AND THERAPY (EP MAMOUNAS, SECTION EDITOR) Eliminating Surgery in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Pipe-Dream or Worthy Consideration in Selected Patients? 1 2 1,3,4 Stephanie M. Wong & Jennifer De Los Santos & Mark Basik Published online: 22 April 2017 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017 Abstract complete response following NST. The combination of mod- Purpose of Review Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) has ern radiologic evaluation with image-guided tumour bed bi- become a valuable treatment approach for women with large opsies represents a potentially novel method towards selecting operable and locally advanced breast cancers by lessening the patients who could safely avoid surgical resection. extent of surgery required to adequately resect the primary Summary This article reviews the current evidence supporting tumour. As molecular subtyping has evolved, the develop- the elimination of surgery in selected patients, and discusses ment of highly efficient systemic and targeted therapies has ongoing and future trials that address the possibility of a non- resulted in a marked improvement in pathologic complete operative approach in women with early-stage breast cancer. response (pCR) rates in specific breast cancer subtypes. As a . . result, breast surgeons are often http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Breast Cancer Reports Springer Journals

Eliminating Surgery in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Pipe-Dream or Worthy Consideration in Selected Patients?

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 by Springer Science+Business Media New York
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Internal Medicine; Surgical Oncology
ISSN
1943-4588
eISSN
1943-4596
DOI
10.1007/s12609-017-0242-y
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Abstract

Curr Breast Cancer Rep (2017) 9:148–155 DOI 10.1007/s12609-017-0242-y LOCAL-REGIONAL EVALUATION AND THERAPY (EP MAMOUNAS, SECTION EDITOR) Eliminating Surgery in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Pipe-Dream or Worthy Consideration in Selected Patients? 1 2 1,3,4 Stephanie M. Wong & Jennifer De Los Santos & Mark Basik Published online: 22 April 2017 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017 Abstract complete response following NST. The combination of mod- Purpose of Review Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) has ern radiologic evaluation with image-guided tumour bed bi- become a valuable treatment approach for women with large opsies represents a potentially novel method towards selecting operable and locally advanced breast cancers by lessening the patients who could safely avoid surgical resection. extent of surgery required to adequately resect the primary Summary This article reviews the current evidence supporting tumour. As molecular subtyping has evolved, the develop- the elimination of surgery in selected patients, and discusses ment of highly efficient systemic and targeted therapies has ongoing and future trials that address the possibility of a non- resulted in a marked improvement in pathologic complete operative approach in women with early-stage breast cancer. response (pCR) rates in specific breast cancer subtypes. As a . . result, breast surgeons are often

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Current Breast Cancer ReportsSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 22, 2017

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