Role of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in breast carcinoma patient is: March 2011
Curing distant metastasis
To shrink the tumour to enable breast conserving therapy
Limiting metastasis
Symptomatic
Ans. B: To shrink the tumour to enable breast conserving therapy Primary chemotherapy (neoadjuvant) is being used in many centres for large but operable tumours that would traditional require a mastectomy (and almost ceainly postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy) The aim of this treatment is to shrink the tumour to enable breast conserving surgery to be performed