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Chemo before breast cancer operation increases likelihood of breast-preserving procedure

6 September, 2015

por Carla Brito Lopes

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Escrito por Carla Brito Lopes

New National Cancer Data Base study is one of the largest to date to analyze the use of chemotherapy before surgical treatment for breast cancer.

Patients with larger malignant tumors of the breast who undergo chemotherapy before a breast cancer operation are more likely to opt for a breast-preserving procedure and forgo a mastectomy (surgical removal of the breast), according to a new study published online as an “article in press” in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The study will appear in a print edition of the Journal this spring.

From: “EurekAlert!, the online, global news service operated by AAAS, the
science society,” at www.eurekalert.org

Publication: In Press Accepted Manuscript

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.02.011

Citation: [Killelea BK, Yang VQ, Mougalian S, Horowitz NR, Pusztai L, Chagpar AB, et al. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database. J Am Coll Surg [Internet]. Elsevier; 2015 Feb 28; Available from: http://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(15)00145-3/abstract]

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Carla Brito Lopes

Carla nasceu em Viana do Castelo em 1977. Licenciada em Anatomia Patológica, Citológica e Tanatológica pela Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde em Lisboa. Concluiu a certificação em Laboratory Management pela ASCP (American Association of Clinical Pathology) em Setembro de 2016. Mestre em Genética Molecular e Biomedicina pela Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Trabalhou no Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central entre 1998 e 2015, exercendo histopatologia e imunohistoquímica, sendo co-responsável pelo sector. Trabalha no Dr. Joaquim Chaves, Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica desde 2004 onde exerce funções de Coordenação Técnica e da Qualidade.