Clinical and Molecular Parameters to Predict Therapy Response
S Yu-Poth · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2009 · Heft 02
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Zusammenfassung
Various clinical parameters and biological markers have been shown in clinical trials to be prognostic or predictive factors for clinical response of breast tumor, such as age, tumor stage and type, some receptor status. However, even though these prognostic factors can provide important information for predicting tumor response to therapies and the risk of relapse in clinical trials on a large scale, they are not so helpful in predicting individual patient outcome. Individuals with similar clinical parameters and pathological diagnoses on the same treatment regimen can have very different clinical outcomes. The…