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adjuvant therapy data (n=3). A total of 29 patients received postoperative RT and were excluded from the analysis of factors associated with omission of preoperative RT. The minimum follow-up time was 120 days for all patients. Variables Analyzed

34%, 1 , 3 a favorable outcome that has been attributed to the combination of increased screening mammography and improved adjuvant therapy. 4 However, despite the steady increase in DCIS detection and treatment in the 1990s, the subsequent

neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. One retrospective study focused on 49 patients with adenocarcinoma (90%) or squamous (10%) cancer of the esophagus who were staged as T2,N0,M0 and received neoadjuvant chemoradiation. 14 The study found that the 5-year rates

. Goss PE Ingle JN Pritchard KI . Extending aromatase-inhibitor adjuvant therapy to 10 years . N Engl J Med 2016 ; 375 : 209 – 219 . 4. Goss PE Ingle JN Martino S . Impact of premenopausal status at breast cancer diagnosis in women entered

considered at high risk for recurrence after adjuvant therapy, interferon-alfa appears to confer a small benefit. The value of high-dose interferon was first established in 1996 by Kirkwood et al. 5 for patients with T4 lesions or evidence of regional

-free and overall survival. 7 The effectiveness of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer led to a number of trials incorporating them into the adjuvant therapy of postmenopausal women with early-stage hormone receptor

personalize systemic adjuvant therapy choices,” Dr. Ward said. “The available assays have strong prognostic capability, and more data on this are coming.” Among the available assays are the 21-gene panel (Oncotype Dx), the 70-gene panel (MammaPrint), the 50

in endometrial carcinoma: overview of randomised trials . Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2008 ; 20 : 463 – 469 . 56 Fleming G . Adjuvant therapy for high-risk adenocarcinoma of the uterus . ASCO Educational Book 2008 : 230 – 233

Fleming T Macdonald J . Levamisole and fluorouracil for adjuvant therapy of resected colon carcinoma . N Engl J Med 1990 ; 322 : 352 – 358 . 7 de Gramont A Boni C Navarro M . Oxaliplatin/5FU/LV in adjuvant colon cancer: updated efficacy

for advanced hormone-sensitive breast cancer at the NCCN 23rd Annual Conference. New Adjuvant Therapy Options for Patients With HER2-Positive Cancer Two new adjuvant treatment options for patients with HER2-positive disease are in the 2018 NCCN