[Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer of consensuses and controversial perspectives]
1Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Abstract:
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is a vital part of the systemic treatment to breast cancer. With the formation of consensuses on NACT, controversial perspectives on NACT have been widely discussed, especially in the fields of indication and therapeutic strategy. To define the indication of NACT, blind obedience to the results of clinical trials is not recommended. Instead, indications of NACT should be strictly controlled based on the targets of the clinical practice. Oriented by the early effectiveness of NACT, various chemotherapy or local therapeutics for different molecular subtypes of breast cancer should be conducted to the patients with unsatisfied effect. What's more, the evolvement of precision medicine accelerates the research of drugs and helps to form an individualized NACT plan. After clarifying the controversial opinions towards NACT in breast cancer, controlling the indication and optimizing the therapeutic strategy will improve the survival of breast cancer patients.
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