|
Median age (range)
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45 (range 25–69)
|
|
Age < 50
|
102 (70.3)
|
|
Age ≥ 50
|
43 (29.7)
|
|
Performance status
| |
|
ECOG 0–1
|
139 (95.9)
|
|
ECOG 2
|
6 (4.1)
|
|
Pathologic characteristics
| |
|
Invasive ductal carcinoma
|
137 (94.5)
|
|
Others
|
8 (5.5)
|
|
Initial clinical stage
| |
|
IIA
|
2 (1.4)
|
|
IIB
|
21 (14.5)
|
|
IIIA
|
70 (48.3)
|
|
IIIB
|
34 (23.4)
|
|
IIIC
|
18 (12.4)
|
|
Median tumor size
|
5.0 cm (range 1.2–12.0 cm)
|
|
Inflammatory breast cancer
| |
|
Yes
|
18 (12.4)
|
|
No
|
127 (87.6)
|
|
Type of surgery
| |
|
Breast conserving
|
52 (35.9)
|
|
Mastectomy
|
93 (64.1)
|
|
Adjuvant hormonal therapy
| |
|
Yes
|
63 (43.4)
|
|
No
|
82 (56.6)
|
|
Radiation therapy
| |
|
Yes
|
128 (88.3)
|
|
No
|
17 (11.7)
|
