Risk Factors for Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence in Triple-Negative or HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Who Achieve a Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

ConclusionsThis retrospective study demonstrated that age at diagnosis was independently associated with IBTR-free survival. Special caution is needed when clinical trials analyzing omission of breast surgery after NAC are enrolling younger patients (UMIN-CTR No. UMIN000037067).

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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - October 5, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research