Predictive Factors and Value of ypN+ after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Clinically Lymph Node-Negative Breast Cancer

Ippei Fukada; Kazuhiro Araki; Kokoro Kobayashi; Tomoko Shibayama; Shunji Takahashi; Rie Horii; Futoshi Akiyama; Takuji Iwase; Shinji Ohno; Kiyohiko Hatake; Yasuo Hozumi; Naohiro Sata; Yoshinori Ito

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162616

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Predictive Factors and Value of ypN+ after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Clinically Lymph Node-Negative Breast Cancer

Ippei Fukada ,

* E-mail: ippei.fukada@jfcr.or.jp

Affiliation Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Kazuhiro Araki,

Affiliation Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Kokoro Kobayashi,

Affiliation Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Tomoko Shibayama,

Affiliation Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Shunji Takahashi,

Affiliation Medical Oncology, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Rie Horii,

Affiliation Division of Pathology, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Futoshi Akiyama,

Affiliation Division of Pathology, the Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Takuji Iwase,

Affiliation Breast Surgical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Shinji Ohno,

Affiliation Breast Oncology Center, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Kiyohiko Hatake,

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuo Hozumi,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan
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Naohiro Sata,

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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Yoshinori Ito

Affiliation Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Predictive Factors and Value of ypN+ after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Clinically Lymph Node-Negative Breast Cancer

Ippei Fukada,
Kazuhiro Araki,
Kokoro Kobayashi,
Tomoko Shibayama,
Shunji Takahashi,
Rie Horii,
Futoshi Akiyama,
Takuji Iwase,
Shinji Ohno,
Kiyohiko Hatake

Published: September 15, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162616

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