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How do you sequence systemic therapy in locally advanced metaplastic breast cancer with squamous features?

Do you prefer neoadjuvant chemotherapy or proceeding directly to surgery, followed by adjuvant therapy?
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Medical Oncology · Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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We have generaly seen even lower response rates to neoadjuvant chemo in metaplastic with predominantly squamous features than in other metaplastic tumors, so that gives me pause about neoadjuvant chemo, and I would favor direct to surgery if operable. I am not aware of this being described specifica...

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