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AIM:Neoadjuvant epirubicin/docetaxel (ET) combination chemotherapy was administered to breast cancer patients in order to investigate their clinical and pathological response. Moreover, the breast-conserving surgery (BCS) rate, disease-free (DFS) and overall survival (OS), safety profile and the correlation of biological markers were investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Out of the 46 enrolled patients, 45 patients were analyzed for clinical response, and 40 patients were examined for pathological response. Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor type2 (HER2) expression were examined immunohistologically. RESULTS:The median tumor size was 4.5 cm in diameter. Complete (CR) and partial responses were seen in 3 and 30 patients, respectively. A pathological CR was achieved in 4 patients and correlated with ER and PgR negativity. Moreover, BCS was performed on 16 patients. The 5-year cumulative DFS was 60.7% and OS was 91.8%. CONCLUSION:ET therapy is clinically effective with a pathological CR rate of 10% for patients with a large tumor, and should be considered as a neoadjuvant treatment option.
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Nishimura R,Rai Y,Matsuo F,Anan K,Hara S,Imamura S,Itoyanagi N,Kato M,Okido M,Kudaka M,Ishikawa E,Kamada Y,Watanabe R,Shirouzu M,Mitsuyama S,Takamatsu Y,Tamura Ksubject
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杂志文章abstract：AIM:To evaluate factors associated with the selection of first-line bevacizumab plus chemotherapy and clinical response in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in clinical practice in Spain. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All consecutive adult female patients with HER2-negative MBC who had received first-line bevacizuma...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.12018
更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.13250
更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.11387
更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.13983
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00
