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Table 1 Patients characteristics

From: Trastuzumab in combination with metronomic cyclophosphamide and methotrexate in patients with HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer

N. Patients

22

Median age, years (range)

48.9 (31–70)

Progressive disease at study entry

 

No

8

Yes

14

Progressive disease to Her combination

7

Progressive disease to Her alone

4

Progressive disease to non Her containing therapy*

3

Number of sites

 

1

1

2

9

≥ 3

12

Tumor sites

 

Lung

5

Liver

14

Bone

12

Lymphnodes

8

CNS

9

Other

10

Previous treatment with Herceptin alone

1

Previous treatment with Herceptin in combination

16

1 line

8

2 lines

4

3 lines

4

Previous treatment with Herceptin alone and Herceptin in combination

5

2 lines

4

3 lines

1

Herceptin + Vinorelbine

11

Herceptin + Taxanes

15

Herceptin + Others

5

ER and PgR negative

15

ER and/or PgR positive

7

Ki 67

 

<20%

1

≥20%

12

Unknown

9

Her2/Neu overexpression

 

2+

1

3+

21

  1. *one also progressed to the last trastuzumab-containing regimen