breast cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. patients who started neoadjuvant chemotherapy before January 1, 2007 2. patients who had a breast cancer of 2 cm or larger by palpation 3. patients who recieved neoadjuvant chemotherapy of 3 courses or more 4. patients who experienced partial mastectomy, and axillary dissection or sentinel node biospy 5. patients who had radiotherapy at least for the breast
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. inflammatory breast cancer 2. non-invasive breast cancer 3. male breast cancer 4. patients with distant metastasis at diagnosis except for metastasis of supraclavicular lymph node or parasternal lymph node 5. patients treated with trastuzumab prior to surgery 6. patients treated with radiotherapy prior to surgery 7. patients treated with endocrine therapy 8. patients who received excisional biopsy prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence rate | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center Breast Oncology