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Table 4 pCR of neoadjuvant chemotherapy

From: Effectiveness and safety of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin versus epirubicin as neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: a real-world study

pCR

PLD group n (%)

Epirubicin group n (%)

P value

Before PSM, n

65

130

 

 bpCR

16 (24.6%)

20 (15.4%)

0.1173

 tpCR

9 (13.9%)

12 (9.2%)

0.3270

After PSM, n

43

43

 

 bpCR

11 (25.6%)

6 (14.0%)

0.1758

 tpCR

5 (11.6%)

3 (7.0%)

0.4578

  1. PLD Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, tpCR Total pathological complete response, bpCR Breast pathological complete response