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Do you routinely offer neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for patient with triple negative metaplastic breast cancer?

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Medical Oncology · Margie Petersen Breast Cancer Center

I generally offer neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for all patients with triple negative breast cancer that are larger than 1cm. Triple negative breast cancer, metaplastic or not, is comprised of a large group of heterogenous cancers. These patients all need chemotherapy and giving it in the neoadjuvant se...

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Medical Oncology · Ohio State University

I would consider neoadjuvant chemotherapy in most triple negative breast cancers, particularly those that are T1c or higher TNM stage. I would approach metaplastic cancers, largely in a similar manner. We have interesting neoadjuvant trials including platinums and/or immune checkpoint inhibitors whi...

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