Morocco
Review Article
Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy of Early-Stage and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Review of the Literature
Author(s): Abdelhak Maghous, El Amin Marnouche, Noha Zaghba, Khalid Andaloussi, Mohamed Elmarjany, Khalid Hadadi, Hassan Sifat, Rahali Driss Moussaoui and Hamid MansouriAbdelhak Maghous, El Amin Marnouche, Noha Zaghba, Khalid Andaloussi, Mohamed Elmarjany, Khalid Hadadi, Hassan Sifat, Rahali Driss Moussaoui and Hamid Mansouri
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer type among women worldwide. The treatment of breast cancer is multimodal and the current standard approach is surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) based on prognostic scores. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and RT delivered in advance of surgery are used in some early stage and locally advanced cases, may offer an advantage over adjuvant therapy related to the potential benefits in the pathologic response and survival outcomes based the hypothesis of Abscopal effect.
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DOI:
10.4172/2155-9619.1000357
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