Treatment options for locally advanced breast cancer--experience in an Asian tertiary hospital
Patients who had primary surgery had better survival than those who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which may be due to bias in the selection of patients for neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Out of a total of 155 patients, 25.1% defaulted part of the treatment, or did not receive optimal treatment, emp...
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my.um.eprints.2902019-02-11T07:16:29Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/290/ Treatment options for locally advanced breast cancer--experience in an Asian tertiary hospital Chong, H.Y. Taib, N.A. Rampal, S. Saad, M. Bustam, A.Z. Yip, C.H. R Medicine (General) Patients who had primary surgery had better survival than those who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which may be due to bias in the selection of patients for neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Out of a total of 155 patients, 25.1% defaulted part of the treatment, or did not receive optimal treatment, emphasizing the importance of psychosocial support and counselling for this group of patients. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2010 Article NonPeerReviewed Chong, H.Y. and Taib, N.A. and Rampal, S. and Saad, M. and Bustam, A.Z. and Yip, C.H. (2010) Treatment options for locally advanced breast cancer--experience in an Asian tertiary hospital. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 11 (4). pp. 913-7. ISSN 1513-7368 http://www.apocpcontrol.org/page/apjcp_issues_view.php?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:21133600&key=2010.11.4.913 21133600 |
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Patients who had primary surgery had better survival than those who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which may be due to bias in the selection of patients for neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Out of a total of 155 patients, 25.1% defaulted part of the treatment, or did not receive optimal treatment, emphasizing the importance of psychosocial support and counselling for this group of patients. |
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Treatment options for locally advanced breast cancer--experience in an Asian tertiary hospital |
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