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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of the effect of treatment on overall survival in different population

From: Treatment patterns and outcomes in older women with early breast cancer: a population-based cohort study in China

Treatment

Population

HRa (95% CI)

P-value

Surgery (yes vs. no)

all patients

0.476 (0.250–0.904)

0.023

Adjuvant chemotherapy

(yes vs. no)

post-operative patients

0.521 (0.284–0.955)

0.035

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

(yes vs. no)

stage II or III patients

1.430 (0.791–2.587)

0.237

Radiotherapy (yes vs. no)

lymph node+ patients

0.733 (0.415–1.295)

0.285

Endocrine therapy

(yes vs. no)

HR+ patients

0.440 (0.261–0.741)

0.002

Targeted therapy

(yes vs. no)

HER2+ patients

0.168 (0.029–0.958)

0.045

  1. HR hormone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HRa, hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval
  2. Multivariate analyses were adjusted for age, clinical stage, HR, HER2, tumor grade, treatment types