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ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2022

Escalating de-escalation in breast cancer treatment.

Virgilio Sacchini, Larry Norton

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Article in Breast cancer research and treatment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Virgilio SacchiniBreast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 300 East 66th Street, New York, 10065, USA. sacchinv@mskcc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0409-9111
Larry NortonBreast Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efforts have continually been made to de-escalate treatment for breast cancer, with the goal of balancing oncologic outcomes with complications and patient quality of life. In the early 2000s, two landmark studies firmly established that conservative treatment approaches for breast cancer can be safe and effective. More recently, neoadjuvant chemotherapy has gained momentum as a potential standard of care for breast cancer. An important question has thus arisen: Can neoadjuvant approaches themselves be de-escalated to further minimize adverse treatment effects while maintaining oncological outcomes? In this editorial, we look at the available evidence and assess current trends in treatment de-escalation for women with breast cancer.

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Breast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyQuality of LifeBreast cancerMultimodality therapyNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPreoperative MRISurgical de-escalationUpfront surgery

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