Summary/Review: Pathology after neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer – How to assess residual disease.


Podcast 2022004

Questions:

  1. How do you recommend performing the gross examination of the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant treatment?
  2. What about re-testing of tumor biomarkers on the residual tumor?
  3. How do you assess sentinel lymph nodes after neoadjuvant treatment?
  4. Would you summarize the tumor staging after neoadjuvant treatment?
Expert
Nicola Fusco'
Associate Professor of Pathology Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology University of Milan
University of Milan and IRCCS European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy