Surgical Considerations After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Breast Conservation Therapy

Nomogram for Predicting Breast Conservation after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

PURPOSE The ability to accurately predict the likelihood of achieving breast conservation surgery (BCS) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) is important in deciding whether NCT or surgery should be the first-line treatment in patients with operable breast cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the data of 513 women, who had stage II or III breast cancer and received NCT and surgery from ...

Breast Cancer–Related Lymphedema after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

PURPOSE The risk for lymphedema (LE) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) in breast cancer patients has not been fully understood thus far. This study is conducted to investigate the incidence and time course of LE after NCT. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 313 patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer who underwent NCT followed by surgery with axillary lymph node (ALN) dissection...

optimal timing of surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer

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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

Evaluation and Reporting of Breast Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) applied prior to surgical excision of the tumor has become a frequently used therapeutic approach in patients with operable and inoperable breast cancer. Such chemotherapy alters the morphology of breast cancers and normal breast tissue. Thus it is important for pathologists to become familiar with these changes and to know how to handle and assess breast specimen...