Neoadjuvant radiotherapy of early-stage breast cancer and long-term disease-free survival

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy of early-stage breast cancer and long-term disease-free survival

Abstract Background Compared with surgery alone, postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) improves relapse-free survival of patients with early-stage breast cancer. We evaluated the long-term overall and disease-free survival rates of neoadjuvant (presurgical) versus adjuvant RT in early-stage breas...

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Main Authors: Jan Poleszczuk, Kimberly Luddy, Lu Chen, Jae K. Lee, Louis B. Harrison, Brian J. Czerniecki, Hatem Soliman, Heiko Enderling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
Subjects:
Postoperative radiotherapy
Preoperative radiotherapy
Early-stage breast cancer
Overall survival
Disease-free survival
Immune response
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-017-0870-1

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