Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27885165›Full record

ReviewWomen's health (London, England)2016

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancers.

Shahla Masood

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Review in Women's health (London, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shahla MasoodDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA Shahla.Masood@jax.ufl.edu.
Florida College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With advances in science and technology, there are more innovations in the approach to management of patients with breast cancer. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy that is designed to be used prior to surgical removal of a tumor has received significant attention. Currently, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is offered to patients with locally advanced breast cancer and also those breast cancer patients who may benefit from size reduction before conservation therapy. There is now sufficient evidence that if neoadjuvant chemotherapy leads to complete pathologic response, the patient will enjoy a better outcome. Therefore, assessment of the degree of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy has a major impact on patient selection and the follow-up management of each patient and defines patient outcome.

Indexed as

MastectomyAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, LobularErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansMastectomy, SegmentalNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingPrognosisReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneTreatment OutcomeTumor BurdenAntineoplastic AgentsERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, Progesteronebreast cancerbreast pathology reportneoadjuvant chemotherapy

Identifiers

PMID27885165
PMCPMC5373271
OpenAlexW2559236522

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