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Table 5 Prescription of adjuvant chemotherapy according to biological type and stage. Chi square test was significant (p < 0.0001) for each biological subtype

From: Biological characterization and selection criteria of adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer: experience from the Italian observational NEMESI study

Stage

Luminal A

Luminal B

HER2

Triple Negative

CT yes, N (%)

CT no, N (%)

CT yes, N (%)

CT no, N (%)

CT yes, N (%)

CT no, N (%)

CT yes, N (%)

CT no, N(%)

IA*

12 (6.0%)

187 (94.0%)

10 (30.3%)

23 (69.7%)

25 (64.1%)

14 (35.9%)

17 (81.0%)

4 (19.0%)

IB**

59 (22.6%)

202 (77.4%)

44 (50.6%)

43 (49.4%)

77 (88.5%)

10 (11.5%)

56 (100%)

0 (0%)

II***

213 (56.2%)

166 (43.8%)

130 (76.0%)

41 (24.0%)

122 (93.1%)

9 (6.9%)

75 (100%)

0 (0%)

III****

68 (81.0%)

16 (19.0%)

46 (90.2%)

5 (9.8%)

45 (93.8%)

3 (6.3%)

13 (100%)

0 (0%)

Total

352 (38.1%)

571 (61.9%)

230 (67.3%)

112 (32.7%)

269 (88.2%)

36 (11.8%)

161 (97.6%)

4 (2.4%)

  1. * Stage IA: pT1mic/pT1a/pT1b and pN0 ** Stage IB: pT1c and pN0 *** Stage II: pT1 and pN1, pT2/pT3 and pN0, pT2 and pN1 **** Stage III: all pN2, all pN3, all pT4, pT3 and pN1.