Abstract
Introduction: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is widely accepted as the treatment of choice in locally advanced breast cancer. The objective of this short communication is to know the pathological complete response rate (pRC) after neoadjuvant, the frequency of conservative surgery, as well as the percentage of survival.
Methods: Patients with breast cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment and then underwent surgery, were retrospectively analyzed using clinical histories from January 2009 to December 2011 at the National Cancer Institute “Dr. Juan Tanca Marengo” Solca-Guayaquil, were excluded from the study patients without sufficient clinical information and those treated in other centers. Data processing was performed using a statistical system SPSS v20.
Results: 1367 patients with breast cancer were diagnosed from the year 2009-2011, those who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded. 200 evaluable patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and were operated on. The average age at diagnosis was 51 years (range 26-79 years), the intracranial ductal histological type was the most frequent 185 (92.5 %), Lobular 10 (5 %), Medular 4 (2 %) and metaplastic 1 (0.5 %). The histological grade II 143 (71.5 %), histological grade III 30 (15 %). In Stage I: 1 (0.5 %), IIA: 25 (12.5 %), IIB: 42 (21 %), IIIA: 58 (28 %), IIIB: 69 (34.5 %), IIIC: 5 (2.5 %).
Conclusion: Breast cancer is a heterogeneous group, most patients come with advanced disease (65 %), complete pathological response (16.5 %) after neoadjuvant is very similar to that obtained in other studies, as is known the triple negative group obtained the best results (25 %) and an improvement in the percentage of overall survival in this subgroup, it is important to complete the neoadjuvant protocol prior to surgery to increase the pRC rate as well as conservative surgery (10 %) it is the primary objective in neoadjuvant.