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Do you use breast MRI or ultrasound to assess tumor size prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer?
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Medical Oncology · Indiana University School of Medicine
Either is reasonable. Most often, patients being considered for neoadjuvant therapy have palpable tumors that can easily be followed by PE. Both MR and US could be repeated to guide surgical planning. While MR has become popular, it is less clear that margins are more likely to be negative at initia...