Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Neoadjuvant, or preoperative, chemotherapy is the use of chemotherapy to treat breast cancer before surgery. If your doctors have suggested that you consider this treatment, you probably have questions about it. This revised 4-page fact sheet provides an overview of chemotherapy treatment, potentia...

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Main Authors: Barbara F. Shea, Martha C. Monroe
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Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2015-05-01
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description Neoadjuvant, or preoperative, chemotherapy is the use of chemotherapy to treat breast cancer before surgery. If your doctors have suggested that you consider this treatment, you probably have questions about it. This revised 4-page fact sheet provides an overview of chemotherapy treatment, potential side effects, and major benefits. Written by Barbara F. Shea and Martha C. Monroe, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, April 2015. (Photo: iStock/Thinkstock.com) 
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spelling doaj-art-34669c9c4a534e0dbdd2701fdceaaf942025-02-08T05:59:15ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092015-05-0120153Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant ChemotherapyBarbara F. Shea0Martha C. Monroe1Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NHUniversity of Florida Neoadjuvant, or preoperative, chemotherapy is the use of chemotherapy to treat breast cancer before surgery. If your doctors have suggested that you consider this treatment, you probably have questions about it. This revised 4-page fact sheet provides an overview of chemotherapy treatment, potential side effects, and major benefits. Written by Barbara F. Shea and Martha C. Monroe, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, April 2015. (Photo: iStock/Thinkstock.com)  https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/129034Breast CancerNeoadjuvant ChemotherapyFY897
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title Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
title_full Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
title_fullStr Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
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title_short Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
FY897
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