Correlation between HER‐2 expression and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 5‐fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide in patients with breast carcinoma
Zhang F, Yang Y, Smith T, Kau S, McConathy JM, Esteva FJ, Kuerer HM, Symmans WF, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Correlation between HER‐2 expression and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 5‐fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide in patients with breast carcinoma. Cancer 2003, 97: 1758-1765. PMID: 12655533, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCourses of FACBreast carcinomaNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPathologic responseResponse rateLymph node-positive diseaseGood pathologic responseMedian patient ageClinical response rateNode-positive diseasePercent of patientsTime of surgeryClinical laboratory assessmentsMinimal residual diseaseClinical responsePositive diseasePathologic assessmentPatient agePhysical examinationPositive tumorsResidual diseaseImaging assessmentClinical assessmentResponse assessmentNonsignificant trend