If a patient achieves excellent clinical/radiographic response to neoadjuvant THP, would you omit AC and proceed with surgery?
Would it make a difference in terms of OS if the patient received AC?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
If a patient has had only 4 cycles of THP (similar to the NeoSphere Trial preoperative component), then the standard of care is still to proceed with anthracycline-based therapy as we do not yet know if the favorable outcome associated with pCR applies to abbreviated therapy. However, for a pa...