• DOI:10.1007/BF01655193
Corpus ID: 27180688

The management of nonmetastatic locally advanced breast cancer using primary induction chemotherapy with hormonal synchronization followed by radiation therapy with or without debulking surgery

@article{Sorace2005TheMO,
  title={The management of nonmetastatic locally advanced breast cancer using primary induction chemotherapy with hormonal synchronization followed by radiation therapy with or without debulking surgery},
  author={R. Sorace and Caroline S. Bagley and Allen S. Lichter and D. Danforth and M. Wesley and Robert C. Young and Marc E. Lippman},
  journal={World Journal of Surgery},
  year={2005},
  volume={9},
  pages={775-785}
}

R. Sorace, Caroline S. Bagley, +4 authors Marc E. Lippman

Published 2005

Medicine

World Journal of Surgery

Forty-three patients with locally advanced breast cancer, 15 with stage IIIA and 28 with stage IIIB, received primary induction chemotherapy, including hormonal synchronization in 38 patients, to a maximum objective clinical response before proceeding to local therapy. Patients achieving a pathological complete response received radiation therapy, while patients with residual disease, partial response (PR), or no change (NC) status received debulking surgery prior to radiation therapy; in all… CONTINUE READING

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