State of the art of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: rationale, results and recent developments

Aims, results, advantages and possible disadvantages of preoperative chemotherapy (pCHT) for breast cancer are discussed in this review. Established chemotherapeutic regimens are described with respect to new drugs that are added to combinations now and in the future. Illustrating the potential of n...

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Main Authors: Solomayer, Erich-Franz, Dietl, Johannes, Wallwiener, Diethelm, Sutterlin, Marc, Rieger, Lorenz, Honig, Arnd
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2005-09-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/en/gms/2005-3/000026.shtml