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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Addition of zoledronic acid to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is not beneficial in patients with HER2-negative stage II/III breast cancer: 5-year survival analysis of the NEOZOTAC trial (BOOG 2010-01)

 

TAC + ZA

N = 122 (49.6%)

TAC

N = 124 (50.4%)

IGF-1R biopsy data available

N = 188 (76.4%)

Serum data available

N = 37

(15%)

Median age (range), Years

48.0 (29–67)

49.0 (34–70)

49 (29–70)

49 (34–65)

Median BMI (range), kg/m2

26.1 (18.5–40.0)

25.0 (18.3–42.0)

25.0 (18.3–42.0)

24.9 (19.4–39.5)

Menopausal status

 Pre/peri

72 (59.0%)

75 (60.5%)

110 (58.5%)

24 (64.9%)

 Post

50 (41.0%)

47 (37.9%)

76 (40.4%)

13 (35.1%)

T-classification

 T1/T2

73 (59.8%)

71 (57.3%)

108 (57.4%)

21 (56.8%)

 T3/T4

49 (40.2%)

53 (42.7%)

80 (42.6%)

16 (43.2%)

N-classification

 N0

54 (44.3%)

56 (45.2%)

90 (47.9%)

22 (59.5%)

 N+

68 (55.7%)

68 (54.8%)

98 (52.1%)

15 (40.5%)

HR-status

 ER+ and/or PR+

101 (82.8%)

104 (83.9%)

158 (84.0%)

33 (89.2%)

 ER− and PR−

21 (17.2%)

20 (16.1%)

30 (16.0%)

4 (10.8%)

  1. TAC docetaxel, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, ZA zoledronic acid, BMI body mass index, HR hormone receptor, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, pCR pathologic complete response, LN lymph nodes, MP Miller and Payne