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Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Breast Cancer Give Equivalent Survival, Study Finds
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The timing of systemic therapychemotherapy or endocrine
therapyfor breast cancer does not appear to affect survival or disease
progression. However, women who receive systemic therapy and radiation therapy
without surgery may be more likely to experience a recurrence of their cancer
compared with women treated with chemotherapy later, according to a