Purpose: To investigate the value of the metabolic tumor response assessed with 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), compared with clinicobiologic markers to predict pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in women with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).Experimental Design: Fifty consecutive women with TNBC and an indication for NAC were prospectively included. Different pretreatment clinical, biologic, and pathologic biomarkers, including SBR grade, the Ki-67 proliferation index, androgen receptor expression, EGF receptor (EGFR), and cytokeratin 5/6 staining, were assessed. Tumor glucose metabolism at baseline and its change after the first cycle of NAC (DSUV max ) were assessed using FDG-PET.Results: The pCR rate was 42%. High Ki-67 proliferation index (P ¼ 0.016), negative EGFR status (P ¼ 0.042), and high DSUV max (P ¼ 0.002) were significantly associated with pCR. In multivariate logistic regression, both negative EGFR status (OR, 6.4; P ¼ 0.043) and high DSUV max (OR, 7.1; P ¼ 0.014) were independent predictors of pCR. Using a threshold at À50%, tumor DSUV max predicted pCR with a negative, a positive predictive value, and an accuracy of 79%, 70%, and 75%, respectively. Combining a low DSUV max and positive EGFR status could predict non-pCR with an accuracy of 92%.Conclusions: It is important to define the chemosensitivity of TNBC to NAC early. Combining EGFR status and the metabolic response assessed with FDG-PET can help the physician to early predict the probability of achieving pCR or not. Given these results, the interest of response-guided tailoring of the chemotherapy might be tested in multicenter trials.