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Table 1 Patient and disease characteristics at baseline

From: Phase II study of gemcitabine, doxorubicin and paclitaxel (GAT) as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer: a translational research experience

Patient characteristics

Patients (n = 33)

 

No.

%

Age

59 years

Median (range)

(35–68)

PS (ECOG)

  

Median (range)

0 (0–1)

Menopausal status

  

   Pre

6

18.2

   Post

27

81.8

Stage

  

   Locally advanced

7

21.2

   Metastatic:

  

1 site

9*

27.3

≥ 1 site

17

51.5

Site

  

   Breast

12

36.4

   Bone

20

60.6

   Liver

12*

36.4

   Lung

8

24.2

   Lymph nodes

4

12.1

Receptor status

  

   ER+

22

66.7

   ER-

8

24.2

   Unknown

3

9.1

Prior therapy

  

   None

16

48.5

   Adjuvant hormonal therapy

4

12.1

   Adjuvant chemotherapy

7

21.2

   Chemo- and hormone adjuvant therapy

4

12.1

   Hormone therapy for advanced disease

6

18.2

  1. *One instrumentally detected hepatic lesion was histologically diagnosed a posteriori as an angioma