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Table 1 Characteristics of articles in the meta-analysis on chemotherapy and luminal A breast cancer

From: Efficacy of chemotherapy for lymph node-positive luminal A subtype breast cancer patients: an updated meta-analysis

Author, year

Country, follow-up (median)

Study design

Sample size

Chemotherapy regimen

Outcome indicators

Uchida et al.2013 [10]

Japan, 3–113 (40) months

Retrospective study

140

FEC × 4/FEC × 4-docetaxel × 4 or paclitaxel × 4

RFS, OS

Kwak et al. 2015 [16]

South Korea, 28–116 (61) months

Retrospective study

879

No detail description

DFS, OS

Han et al. 2015 [17]

China, 60–89 (67) months

Retrospective cohort study

1580

AC × 4/AC × 6

DFS, OS

Nielsen et al. 2016 [18]

UK, 10 years (median)

Clinical trial

1072 (luminal A n = 165)

C × 12/CMF × 12

DFS, OS (not provided)

Alramadhan et al. 2016 [19]

South Korea, 51.3 ± 18.9(median)

Retrospective study

406

AC × 4/FAC × 4

DFS, OS (not provided)

Herr et al. 2019 [20]

Multicenter, -

Retrospective multicenter Study

1376

A/AT

RFS, OS

  1. F fluorouracil, E epirubicin, C cyclophosphamide, A anthracycline, M methotrexate; T Taxane, RFS relapse-free survival, OS overall survival, DFS disease-free survival