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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

Size matters: a review of the challenges in and importance of multimodal approaches to the management of patients with small, node-negative, triple-negative breast cancer.

Vishnu Prasath, Briana To, Dionisia M Quiroga, Bridget A Oppong, Kai Johnson, Benjin Facer, Robert Wesolowski

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Vishnu Prasath *Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Briana To *Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Dionisia M QuirogaDivision of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Bridget A OppongDivision of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Kai JohnsonDivision of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Benjin FacerDivision of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Robert WesolowskiDivision of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients diagnosed with small (T1a-c) node-negative triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) comprise an understudied population. These patients have been commonly excluded from participation in large, practice-changing clinical trials that establish improvements in disease-free and overall survival due to neoadjuvant or adjuvant systemic therapies as well as innovative local therapies. Despite this, patients with small, node-negative TNBC are at higher risk for early relapse compared to patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer matched for the same T and N stage. We highlight retrospective and prospective studies that analyze the benefit of chemotherapy in small node-negative TNBC patients. Furthermore, we discuss current guidelines for radiation therapy, surgical management, and relevant studies examining local therapy for patients with early-stage node-negative TNBC.

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chemotherapymultimodal managementradiation therapysurgical oncologytriple-negative breast cancer

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PMID40772036
PMCPMC12325195

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