title: [Optimal sampling for diagnostic and prognostic purposes before first-line chemotherapy of breast cancer].
abstract: Non-surgical first-line treatments of operable breast cancer raise the problem of pre-therapeutic collection of diagnostic and prognostic data. The advantages and limitations of cytopuncture and microbiopsy are discussed. The authors consider that the safest procedure is cytopuncture as part of diagnostic evaluation, completed by cutting-needle biopsy for information on tissues.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Oncologique, centre René-Huguenin, Saint-Cloud.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tubiana-Hulin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Briffod
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spyratos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pallud
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Le Doussal
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Prélèvements optimaux à visées diagnostique et pronostique avant chimiothérapie première du cancer du sein.