resectable stage II or III breast cancer.
tumor tissue prior to and following treatment.
unacceptable toxicity. Celecoxib is stopped one week prior to surgery.
radiotherapy and hormonal therapy at the discretion of multidisciplinary breast team.
before the second course of docetaxel/capecitabine/celecoxib, and at surgical resection.
fluorescence-image analysis and real-time reverse-transcriptase PCR.
after the first and second 4 courses of chemotherapy.
- No prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy for ipsilateral breast cancer.