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How do you manage a locally advanced hormone receptor-positive invasive ductal carcinoma with neuroendocrine (small cell) features?

If there is no response to neoadjuvant AC -->T, would you offer additional adjuvant chemotherapy?
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Medical Oncology · Columbia University Medical Center
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The first thing is to determine if the cancer has small cell features or if it is an extra pulmonary small cell cancer. If it is a true small cell cancer it will have the appearance of small cell in addition to staining for neuroendocrine markers (chromogranin and synaptophysin). Work up would inclu...

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