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Neoadjuvant Versus Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer
Neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer appears to reduce the extent of local surgery. To evaluate whether neoadjuvant therapy also affects disease progression end points, Mauri et al. (p. 188) conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials that compared the clinical end points of patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy and patients treated with the same regimen given as adjuvant therapy. They found no statistically significant difference between the neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy arms in terms of death, disease progression, or distant disease recurrence. However, neoadjuvant therapy was associated with an increased risk of locoregional
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