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Table 2 Treatment characteristics (as treated population)

From: Dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy followed, as indicated, by trastuzumab for one year in patients with early breast cancer: first report at 5-year median follow-up of a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group randomized phase III trial

 

Arm A: E-T-CMF N = 327

Arm B: E-CMF-wD N = 317

Arm C: E-CMF-wT N = 342

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Number of cycles per patient

   

  1

1 (0.3)

2 (0.6)

3 (0.9)

  2

2 (0.6)

2 (0.6)

3 (0.9)

  3

1 (0.3)

2 (0.6)

-

  4

3 (0.9)

2 (0.6)

3 (0.9)

  5

4 (1.2)

-

-

  6

3 (0.9)

2 (0.6)

6 (1.8)

  7

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

  8

6 (1.8)

2 (0.6)

2 (0.6)

  9

306 (93.6)

2 (0.6)

4 (1.2)

  10

-

2 (0.6)

-

  11

-

1 (0.3)

-

  12

-

3 (0.9)

2 (0.6)

  13

-

4 (1.3)

7 (2.0)

  14

-

12 (3.8)

10 (2.9)

  15

-

280 (88.3)

301 (88.0)

Total cycles given

2867

4560

4886

  Median (range)

9 (1-9)

15 (1-15)

15 (1-15)

 

Median (range)

Median (range)

Median (range)

Dose intensity (DI)

   

  Epirubicin

54 (26-58)

54 (26-64)

54 (30-64)

  Paclitaxel

100 (57-105)

-

78 (20-121)

  Cyclophosphamie

410 (204-650)

414 (191.5-490)

410 (170-486)

  Methotrexate

28 (14-44)

28 (13.2-43)

28 (11-43)

  Fluorouracil

410 (204-650)

414 (191.5-490)

410 (170-486)

  Docetaxel

-

34 (15.7-80)

-

Relative dose intensity (RDI)

   

  Epirubicin

1.0 (0.5-1.1)

1.0 (0.5-1.2)

1.0 (0.6-1.2)

  Paclitaxel

1.0 (0.6-1.1)

-

1.0 (0.3-1.5)

  Cyclophsphamide

1.0 (0.5-1.6)

1.0 (0.5-1.2)

1.0 (0.4-1.2)

  Methotrexate

1.0 (0.5-1.5)

1.0 (0.5-1.5)

1.0 (0.4-1.5)

  Fluorouracil

1.0 (0.5-1.6)

1.0 (0.5-1.2)

1.0 (0.4-1.2)

  Docetaxel

-

1.0 (0.5-2.3)

-

  1. N number of patients.