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Table 7 Prescription of the type of chemotherapy based on pathological stage and biology

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

Stage

CMF-like

Anthracyclines

Anthracyclines + Taxanes

Taxanes

Luminal A

IA*

3 (25.0%)

8 (66.7%)

0 (0%)

1 (8.3%)

IB**

16 (27.1%)

36 (61.0%)

7 (11.9%)

0 (0%)

II***

16 (7.5%)

113 (53.1%)

75 (35.2%)

9 (4.2%)

III****

5 (7.4%)

12 (17.6%)

47 (69.1%)

4 (5.9%)

Total

40 (11.4%)

169 (48.0%)

129 (36.6%)

14 (4.0%)

Luminal B

A*

1 (10.0%)

9 (66.7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

IB**

7 (15.9%)

31 (61.0%)

7 (11.4%)

1 (2.3%)

II***

10 (7.7%)

67 (53.1%)

44 (33.8%)

9 (6.9%)

III****

0 (0%)

9 (17.6%)

36 (78.3%)

1 (2.2%)

Total

18 (7.8%)

116 (50.4%)

85 (37.0%)

11 (4.8%)

HER2

IA*

0 (0%)

22 (88.0%)

2 (8.0%)

1 (4.0%)

IB**

4 (5.2%)

54 (70.1%)

18 (23.4%)

1 (1.3%)

II***

4 (3.3%)

55 (45.1%)

61 (50.0%)

2 (1.6%)

III****

3 (6.7%)

6 (13.3%)

36 (80.0%)

0 (0%)

Total

11 (4.1%)

137 (50.9%)

117 (43.5%)

4 (1.5%)

Triple negative

IA*

4 (23.5%)

8 (47.1%)

4 (23.5%)

1 (5.9%)

IB**

8 (14.3%)

30 (53.6%)

14 (25.0%)

4 (7.1%)

II***

3 (4.0%)

38 (50.7%)

32 (42.7%)

2 (2.7%)

III****

2 (15.4%)

0 (0%)

9 (69.2%)

2 (15.4%)

Total

17 (10.6%)

76 (47.2%)

59 (36.6%)

9 (5.6%)