Primary surgical treatment of locally advanced breast cancer in low resource settings.
•Optimum management of locally advanced breast cancer is multidisciplinary.•Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is mainstay of management.•Primary surgical treatment may be acceptable in selected patients.
Department of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.
Elroy Patrick
EP
Weledji
Department of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.
Felix Adolphe
FA
Elong
CMF, Cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil; ER, Oestrogen receptor; HER2, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; PR, Progesterone receptor; SERMS, Specific oestrogen receptor modulators