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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 94 breast cancer patients

From: Promoter profiles in plasma CfDNA exhibits a potential utility of predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

 

All Patients

pCR

non-pCR

P-value

(n = 94)

(n = 31)

(n = 63)

Age years, median (IQR)

47 (11)

46 (11)

48 (11)

0.954 *

Histological grade

   

0.405 *

< 3

73 (77.66%)

23 (74.19%)

50 (79.37%)

 

= 3

21 (22.34%)

8 (25.81%)

13 (13.83%)

 

HER2 status

   

0.995 #

Positive

43 (45.74%)

18 (58.06%)

25 (39.68%)

 

Negative

51 (54.26%)

13 (41.94%)

38 (60.32%)

 

ER status

   

< 0.001 *

Positive

64 (68.09%)

15 (48.39%)

49 (77.78%)

 

Negative

30 (31.91%)

16 (51.61%)

14 (22.22%)

 

PR status

   

0.017 *

Positive

71 (75.53%)

20 (64.52%)

51 (80.95%)

 

Negative

23 (24.47%)

11 (35.48%)

12 (19.05%)

 

Ki67 degree

   

0.014 *

≤ 30%

48 (51.06%)

11 (35.48%)

37 (58.73%)

 

> 30%

46 (48.94%)

20 (64.52%)

26 (41.27%)

 

Adjuvant anthracyclines (E/D), cyclophosphamide (C), paclitaxel (T) regimens

   

0.365 #

EC-T

62 (65.96%)

18 (58.06%)

44 (69.84%)

 

DC-T

15 (15.96%)

6 (19.35%)

9 (14.29%)

 

T-EC

8 (8.51%)

4 (12.90%)

4 (6.35%)

 

EC

3 (3.19%)

0 (0%)

3 (4.76%)

 

TC

1 (1.06%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.59%)

 

T

5 (5.32%)

3 (9.68%)

2 (3.17%)

 

Adjuvant mabs

   

0.002 #

Trastuzumab

35 (37.23%)

16 (51.61%)

19 (30.16%)

 

Trastuzumab + Patuzumab

3 (3.19%)

3 (9.68%)

0 (0%)

 

No

56 (59.57%)

12 (38.71%)

44 (69.84%)

 

Adjuvant carboplatin

   

0.989 #

Yes

3 (3.19%)

1 (3.23%)

2 (3.17%)

 

No

91 (96.81%)

30 (96.77%)

61 (96.83%)

 

Incomplete Prognostic information (< 3 years outcome)

5

2

3

 

Relapse (≥ 3 years outcome)

   

0.546 #

No

82 (92.13%)

26 (89.66%)

56 (93.33%)

 

Yes

7 (7.87%)

3 (10.34%)

4 (6.67.%)

 

Relapse-free survival Months, median (IQR)

55 (16)

52 (16)

56 (15)

0.563 *

Disease (≥ 3 years outcome)

   

0.212 #

No

79 (88.76%)

24 (82.76%)

55 (91.67%)

 

Yes

10 (11.24%)

5 (17.24%)

5 (8.33%)

 

Survival status (≥ 3 years outcome)

   

0.484 #

Alive

88 (98.88%)

29 (100%)

59 (98.33%)

 

Dead

1 (1.126%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.67%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: * T test (two-tailed); # Pearson’s chi-squared test; IQR: interquartile range; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone; HER2, human epidermalgrowth factor receptor-2; EC-T: four cycles of epirubicin (E)/cyclophoshamide (C) followed by four cycles of docetaxel (T); DC-T: four cycles of liposome doxorubicin (D)/cyclophoshamide (C) followed by four cycles of docetaxel (T); EC: four cycles of epirubicin (E)/cyclophoshamide (C); TC: six cycles of docetaxel (T)/cyclophoshamide (C); T: six cycles of docetaxel (T); pCR, pathological complete response; non-pCR, non-pathological complete response