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. 2025 May 13;17(5):e84020. doi: 10.7759/cureus.84020

Table 3. Treatment administered to study participants by breast cancer type, n (%).

CDK4/6-i: CDK4/6 inhibitors; EC: epirubicin and cyclophosphamide; HT: hormone therapy; RT: radiotherapy; SLNB: selective lymph node biopsy; TN: triple-negative.

Variables Overall (n = 17) Luminal (n = 9) HER2 (n = 6) TN (n = 2)
Initial systemic treatment        
 EC + Taxanes 4 (24) 3 (33) 0 (0) 1 (50)
 EC + Taxanes + Carboplatin 1 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (50)
 EC + Taxanes + Anti-HER2 2 (12) 0 (0) 2 (33) 0 (0)
 Taxanes + Anti-HER2 4 (24) 0 (0) 4 (67) 0 (0)
 HT 1 (6) 1 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 HT + CDK4/6-i 5 (29) 5 (56) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Local ablative treatment        
 Primary        
  Tumourectomy 2 (12) 1 (11) 1 (17) 0 (0)
  Tumourectomy + SLNB 2 (12) 1 (11) 1 (17) 0 (0)
  Tumourectomy + Lymphadenectomy 3 (18) 1 (11) 1 (17) 1 (50)
  Mastectomy + SLNB 1 (6) 1 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  Mastectomy + Lymphadenectomy 7 (41) 4 (44) 2 (33) 1 (50)
  RT 2 (12) 1 (11) 1 (17) 0 (0)
 Metastasis        
  None 9 (53) 4 (44) 5 (83) 0 (0)
  RT bone M1 5 (29) 5 (56) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  RT nodal M1 2 (12) 0 (0) 1 (17) 1 (50)
  RT nodal and bone M1 1 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (50)
Adjuvant treatment        
 RT 6 (35) 3 (33) 1 (17) 2 (100)
 RT + Anti-HER2 1 (6) 0 (0) 1 (17) 0 (0)
 RT + HT 2 (12) 2 (22) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 HT 2 (12) 1 (11) 1 (17) 0 (0)
 RT + Anti-HER2 + HT 1 (6) 0 (0) 1 (17) 0 (0)
 None 5 (29) 3 (33) 2 (33) 0 (0)