Open AccessPredictors of Nodal Pathological Complete Response in Asian Women with Stage II–III Node-Positive Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Giacomo Montagna,
Yiwei Tong,
Mathilde Ritter,
Jeremy Levi,
Walter Weber,
Xiaosong Chen,
Kunwei Shen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000513454
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , axilla , nodal , stage (stratigraphy) , oncology , lymphovascular invasion , lymph node , pathological , cohort , biopsy , cancer , gastroenterology , metastasis , biology , paleontology
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is increasingly used to treat node-positive (N+) breast cancer. Predictors of nodal pathological complete response (pCR) in Asian women are poorly described and there is variety in the management of the axilla after NAC. We evaluated predictors of nodal pCR and axillary management in a cohort of Asian N+ patients.