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Preoperative Chemotherapy

The use of a chemotherapy agent that is administered to a patient prior to the surgical removal of a tumor.
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Preoperative factors predicting Postoperative Morbidity in patients with Periampullary Carcinoma undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Periampullary carcinoma is a carcinoma that forms near the ampulla of vater, an enlargement of the ducts from the liver and… 
2011
2011
P3-12-03: A Prognostic Index of Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence in Patients Treated with Breast-Conserving Surgery after Preoperative Chemotherapy: Validation of M.D. Anderson Prognostic Index.
Background: Preoperative chemotherapy (PCT) is widely used to increase the possibility of breast-conserving treatment (BCT… 
2010
2010
Predictive role of [18F]FDG-PET early evaluation in patients (pts) undergoing preoperative chemotherapy (PCT) for breast cancer (BC).
635 Background: Pathologic complete response (pCR) and minimal residual disease (pMRD) after PCT for BC correlate with a good… 
2010
2010
Use of Ki-67 in residual disease following preoperative chemotherapy to predict of recurrence and death in breast cancer patients.
621 Background: The achievement of a pathologic complete response (pCR) after preoperative chemotherapy (PCT) is a powerful… 
2010
2010
Abstract P4-10-05: Factors Associated with Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Breast Conserving Surgery and Radiotherapy after Preoperative Chemotherapy
Background: Although preoperative chemotherapy (PCT) was originally used to make locally advanced breast cancers (BC) operable… 
2008
2008
Outcome of preoperative chemotherapy (POC) in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC): Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCT)
4085 Background: Besides its large use in clinical practice, till now no definitive data exist supporting the efficacy of POC… 
2008
2008
entinel node mapping performed before preoperative hemotherapy may avoid axillary dissection in breast ancer patients with negative or micrometastatic entinel nodes
BACKGROUND: Sentinel node (SN) biopsy after preoperative chemotherapy (PC) in breast cancer patients is associated with a lower… 
2003
2003
Radiofrequency-Hyperthermia in Combination with Chemo and Radiotherapy in Palliative Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Case Report
In March 1999, a 35 yr. old female patient presented with a palpable mass in the left breast and positive axillary lymph nodes… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Quimioterapia preoperatoria en el tumor de Wilms
Objetivos1. Valorar el efecto de la quimioterapia preoperatoria (QTP) sobre el tamaño y las características ecográficas del tumor… 
1986
1986
[Combination chemotherapy and chemoembolization in the treatment of primary inoperable hepatoblastoma].
A 33 months old girl and a 5 months old boy presented with unresectable hepatoblastoma (group III) and were treated with…