Table 4.

Response to NACT observed in various studies (22,27–31)

	Year	Institute	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy used	Number of patients	Response %
De Lena et al.[29]	1979	Southeastern cancer study group	FAC	14	80
Morrow et al.[23]	1980	Guy's hospital	AV	12	83
Aisner et al.[27]	1982	University of Maryland	FAC	27	74
Sataloff et al.[30]	1994	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	CMF	189	85
Swain et al.[28]	1995	M.D. Anderson cancer center	FAC	174	88
Singh et al.[22]	1996	PGI, Chandigarh India	CMF	38	75.7
Present Study	2003–2004	VMMC, Safdarjang Hospital New Delhi	FAC	50	60

AV: [Adriamycin, Vincristine]

CMF: [Cyclophosphamide. Methotrexate, 5-fluouracil]

FAC [5-fluouracil, Adriamycin, Cyclophosphamide]