Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database
Killelea BK, Yang VQ, Mougalian S, Horowitz NR, Pusztai L, Chagpar AB, Lannin DR. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2015, 220: 1063-1069. PMID: 25868410, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.02.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast preservationBreast conservationTumor sizeCancer DatabaseDefinitive breast surgerySmall institutional seriesBreast cancer increasesAdvanced nodal diseaseInvasive breast cancerYounger patient ageBreast tumor sizeLarger tumor sizeMultivariate logistic regressionHigh tumor gradeAmerican Cancer SocietyAdjuvant chemotherapyNodal diseasePrimary surgeryT4 tumorsInstitutional seriesPatient ageRetrospective reviewDistant metastasis