Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study patients
From: Serum biomarker profiles and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer
Characteristic | Number of patients |
|---|---|
Patients in study | Â |
   Total enrolled | 47 |
   Total completing treatment | 44 |
Clinical stage pretreatment | Â |
   Stage IIB | 15 |
   Stage IIIA | 12 |
   Stage IIIB | 16 |
Clinical response | Â |
   Complete | 12 |
   Partial | 20 |
   Stable disease | 12 |
Pathologic response | Â |
   Complete | 4 |
   Partial | 23 |
   Stable disease | 17 |