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Table 2 Patient and tumor characteristics in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant groups from the studies

From: Survival outcomes of neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 36,480 cases

First author

N NACT/ACT

Median age (year)

Clinical stage

Nuclear grade

Histology

Local treatment

NACT/ACT

NACT

ACT

NACT

ACT

NACT

ACT

   

I/II/III

I/II/III

1/2/3

1/2/3

IDC/ILC/Other

IDC/ILC/Other

M

B

Clifton

132/187

< 50, 102/144

15/70/0

20/65/0

0/4/81

2/1/79

84/0/1

83/0/2

162

157

  

≥ 50, 30/43

        

Fisher

151/234

< 50, 82/96

10/85/49

81/91/11

2/15/130

2/25/200

120/7/24

190/7/37

NR

NR

  

≥ 50, 69/138

        

Kennedy

154/251

50/53

3/80/43

89/101/19

0/14/135

5/34/197

130/14/10

198/28/25

207

198

Sharma

67/79

52/58

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Cheng

4335/11,148

< 50, 1951/3456

NR/NR/1517

NR/NR/669

NA

NA

NR

NR

NR

NR

  

≥ 50, 2384/7692

        

Yang

36/31

NA

NA

NA

NR

NR

NA

NA

NR

NR

Biswas

202/218

51/51

1/105/96

69/117/32

NA

NA

NR

NR

NA

NA

Bagegni

5621/13,530

51.9/55.7

0/3843/1778

0/12142/13,88

26/649/4530

102/1328/11,391

NR

NR

NR

NR

Philipovskiy

30/74

50.4/53

3/11/16

16/41/17

NR

NR

100/0/4a

45

54

  1. IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, NR not reported, NA not replied, M mastectomy, B breast conserving surgery
  2. aThe data is the sum of neoadjuvant and adjuvant groups