The effect of chemotherapy on the morphology of human breast carcinoma

Between biopsy diagnosis and mastectomy 16 patients with carcinoma of the breast received at least three courses of chemotherapy. When the biopsies and the tumour in the mastectomy specimens were compared, an increase in nuclear size, pleomorphism, vacuolation/chromatin clumping and nucleolar promin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	South African medical journal 1987-07, Vol.72 (2), p.103-106
1. Verfasser:	Close, P.M., Tiltman, A.J. & Hacking, E.A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Breast carcinoma Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy Breast Neoplasms - pathology Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating - drug therapy Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating - pathology Chemotherapy Clinical feature Cyclophosphamide - administration & dosage Evaluation Studies as Topic Female Fluorouracil - administration & dosage Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Histology Humans Medical sciences Methotrexate - administration & dosage Middle Aged Morphology Oncology Pathology Prognosis Radiotherapy Time Factors Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Between biopsy diagnosis and mastectomy 16 patients with carcinoma of the breast received at least three courses of chemotherapy. When the biopsies and the tumour in the mastectomy specimens were compared, an increase in nuclear size, pleomorphism, vacuolation/chromatin clumping and nucleolar prominence were seen in 14 cases. Cytoplasmic changes included accumulation of lipid. There was no correlation between these morphological changes and the disease-free survival period and they could not be used to predict response to chemotherapy.
ISSN:	0256-9574 2078-5135