PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bittner, Dennis
ED  - Winer, Eric P.
TI  - Impact of PST on Pathologic Response and Survival in Breast Cancer
DP  - 2014 Dec 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 21--22
VI  - 14
IP  - 31
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/31/21.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/31/21.full
AB  - Considerable interest in preoperative systemic therapy (PST) for breast cancer has led to a large number of clinical trials investigating the potential of various preoperative treatments. A major driver in this effort has been the expectation that positive preoperative results would translate into improvements in disease-free survival and overall survival. This article discusses chemotherapy, the impact of PST to enable breast-conserving therapy, radiation issues after PST, as well as considerations for radiation therpay treatment of inflammatory breast cancer.