Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is used in all except: (REPEAT)

Neoadjuvant therapy, an adjunctive therapy given before a definitive treatment, is an essential component of modern multidisciplinary cancer therapy. Although neoadjuvant or induction therapy does not contribute the most to the treatment outcome, it may improve the result substantially. For example, neoadjuvant therapy allows patients with large breast cancer to undergo breast-conserving surgery. It enables patients with locally advanced laryngeal cancer to have their vocal function preserved. Many patients with rectal cancer can avoid permanent colostomy after undergoing this approach. In addition, in ceain cancers, neoadjuvant therapy may improve long-term survival. Recent years have seen an increase in the popularity of this treatment technique. In locally advanced rectal, laryngeal, and breast cancer, neoadjuvant therapy enables organ preservation; however, it does not improve overall survival when compared with definitive treatment followed by adjuvant therapy. In locally advanced bladder and cervical cancer, patients who undergo neoadjuvant therapy before radical surgery appear to have better survival than those receiving definitive therapy alone; however, it is unclear if the neoadjuvant approach will be superior to definitive therapy followed by adjuvant therapy. REFERENCE: www.medscape.com