Proposals for uniform collection of biospecimens from neoadjuvant breast cancer clinical trials: timing and specimen types
Loi S, Symmans WF, Bartlett J, Fumagalli D, Veer L, Forbes JF, Bedard P, Denkert C, Zujewski J, Viale G, Pusztai L, Esserman LJ, Leyland-Jones BR. Proposals for uniform collection of biospecimens from neoadjuvant breast cancer clinical trials: timing and specimen types. The Lancet Oncology 2011, 12: 1162-1168. PMID: 21684810, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(11)70117-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth American Breast Cancer GroupBreast International GroupClinical trialsBiopsy procedureNeoadjuvant breast cancer trialsNeoadjuvant clinical trialsBreast cancer clinical trialsBreast cancer groupBreast cancer trialsStart of treatmentCancer clinical trialsNational Cancer InstituteNeoadjuvant trialsDefinitive surgeryNeoadjuvant treatmentCancer groupStudy protocolCancer trialsBreast cancerCancer InstituteUniform collectionTumor tissueBlood collectionTrialsSpecimen types