La chimiothérapie néoadjuvante a-t-elle une place dans le traitement à visée curative du cancer à un stade local ou locorégional ?

Summary uvant chemotherapy is aimed to allow tumor debulking, organ sparing treatment and survival increase. Neodjuvant chemotherapy has proven its ability to perform conservative treatment in breast, head and neck, bladder, oesophagal cancers and osteosarcoma. It has not yet proven its impact on overall survival. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy requires further studies.