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Figure 1. Research findings suggest that neoadjuvant treatment with retinoids may promote the conversion of highly aggressive mesenchymal cancer cells to less aggressive epithelial cancer cells in breast cancer. This can render breast tumours more responsive to subsequent chemotherapy and produce a durable treatment outcome. A clinical trial is underway to examine this new concept of treatment.

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