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Table 2.

Relationship between various parameters and clinical response to docetaxel in human breast cancers

Parameter Category No. patients Response rate (%) P‐value
ER Positive 32 56  0.862
Negative 37 57
HER2 Positive 13 69  0.193
Negative 49 49
P‐glycoprotein Positive 26 54  0.987
Negative 37 54
MIB‐1 Positive 39 49  0.354
Negative 23 60
BRCA1 Positive 47 53  0.794
Negative 14 57
BCL2 Positive 17 70  0.144
Negative 46 50
p53 Positive 29 55  0.961
Negative 33 54
β‐Tubulin III Positive 14 28 <0.05
Negative 42 59
CYP3A4 Positive 16 19 <0.01
Negative 15 67
Thioredoxin Positive 14 21  0.018
Negative 49 63

Patients with large primary breast cancers or locally recurrent breast cancers.

Patients who showed a complete or partial clinical response were considered to be responders.