Remission rates in breast cancer treated with preoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Purpose: Evaluation of remission rates after neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone or followed by preoperative radiotherapy.

Patients And Methods: 194 women with 198 biopsy-proven breast tumors were evaluated in this retrospective study. Of the 198 cases evaluated, 64 received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery and adjuvant irradiation (CT group).