Residual Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in Patients With Complete Eradication of Invasive Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Does Not Adversely Affect Patient Outcome
Mazouni C, Peintinger F, Wan-Kau S, Andre F, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Symmans WF, Meric-Bernstam F, Valero V, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Residual Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in Patients With Complete Eradication of Invasive Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Does Not Adversely Affect Patient Outcome. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2007, 25: 2650-2655. PMID: 17602071, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.08.2271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual invasive cancerResidual ductal carcinomaDisease-free survivalInvasive cancerResidual DCISDFS ratesNeoadjuvant chemotherapyOverall survivalComplete eradicationOS ratesDuctal carcinomaLocoregional recurrence-free survival ratesLocal recurrence-free survivalRecurrence-free survival ratesTexas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterM.D. Anderson Cancer CenterOutcomes of patientsRate of patientsInvasive breast cancerLocal recurrence rateRecurrence-free survivalBreast cancer patientsInclusion of patientsAnderson Cancer CenterLong-term survival