Table 1 Selected characteristics of studies in the meta-analysis
Study | Country | Year | No. of patients | Patholo-gical stage | Type of surgery | NAC | Outcome | Median follow up (Months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Huang | American | 2004 | 676 | II -IV | Mastectomy | A/T,VACP | LRR, | 69 |
McGuire | American | 2007 | 106 | I-III | Mastectomy | A/T | LRR, OS | 62 |
Scodan | France | 2010 | 134 | II-III | Mastectomy | A/T | LRR, DFS, OS | 91 |
Nagar | American | 2011 | 162 | II | Mastectomy | A/T | LRR | 75 |
Bae | Korean | 2012 | 98 | 0- III | Mastectomy | NR | LRR, DFS, OS | 42 |
Shim | Korea | 2013 | 151 | II-III | Mastectomy | A/T | LRR, OS, DFS | 59 |
Liu | American | 2015 | 1560 | II -III | Mastectomy | NR | OS | 56 |
Rusthove-n | American | 2016 | 3040 | II -III | Mastectomy | NR | OS | 41 |
Kantor | American | 2016 | 8321 | I-III | Mastectomy | NR | OS | 69 |
Qinlin | China | 2017 | 185 | II - III | Mastectomy | A/T | LRR, DFS, OS | 70 |
Cao | China | 2017 | 88 | I-III | Mastectomy | A/T | LRR, DFS, OS | 67 |
Miyashita | Japan | 2019 | 3226 | I-III | Mastectomy | NR | LRR, DDFS, OS | > 60 |