Chemotherapy is as effective before breast cancer surgery as after

Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) does not have an impact on long-term local-regional outcomes, suggesting treatment success is due more to biologic factors than chemotherapy timing, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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