Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

A study of role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in downstaging of large operable breast cancer in Central India

Dr. M. M. Borkar, Dr. A. M. Quraishi, Dr. Dikpal Jadhav

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Objective:  To study of role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in downstaging of large operable east cancer in Central India

.Materials andMethods: This was a hospital based prospective nonrandomised study of 32 patients of large operable east cancer (lobc) conducted at a tertiary centre for a period of 2 years from January 2015 to December 2017

Results: Maximum patients were in age group of 41-50 with mean age of presentation being 43.73 years and median age of presentation 43.5 years. Most women i.e. 23 (71.88%) were premenopausal.Most patients 24(75%) achieved maximal tumour response after 4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. 24 patients (75%) had partical clinical response and 4 had complete clinical response.

.Conclusions:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy reduces the size of lump in LOBC.

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Dr. M. M. Borkar, Dr. A. M. Quraishi, Dr. Dikpal Jadhav, A study of role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in downstaging of large operable breast cancer in Central India, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2018


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