Table 2. Clinical responses by clinical breast examination during neoadjuvant therapy.

Variables	Cycle 1	Cycle 2	Cycle 4	Cycle 6	Cycle 8 (before surgery)
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
Objective response
No.	12	24	60	64	73
% (95% CI)	15.4 (8.2−25.3)	30.8 (20.8−42.2)	76.9 (66.0−85.7)	82.1 (71.7−89.8)	93.6 (85.7−97.9)
Disease control
No.	78	78	78	76	78
% (95% CI)	100 (95.4−100)	100 (95.4−100)	100 (95.4−100)	97.4 (91.0−99.7)	100 (95.4−100)