Table 4. Treatment administered to study participants by type of metastasis, n (%).
CDK4/6-i: CDK4/6 inhibitors; EC: epirubicin and cyclophosphamide; HT: hormone therapy; RT: radiotherapy; SLNB: selective lymph node biopsy.
| Variables | Overall (n = 17) | Oligometastatic (n = 12) | Multimetastatic (n = 5) |
| Initial systemic treatment | |||
| EC + Taxanes | 4 (24) | 4 (33) | 0 (0) |
| EC + Taxanes + Carboplatin | 1 (6) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) |
| EC + Taxanes + Anti-HER2 | 2 (12) | 2 (17) | 0 (0) |
| Taxanes + Anti-HER2 | 4 (24) | 1 (8) | 3 (60) |
| HT | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) |
| HT + CDK4/6-i | 5 (29) | 4 (33) | 1 (20) |
| Local ablative treatment | |||
| Primary | |||
| Tumourectomy | 2 (12) | 0 (0) | 2 (40) |
| Tumourectomy + SLNB | 2 (12) | 2 (17) | 0 (0) |
| Tumourectomy + Lymphadenectomy | 3 (18) | 3 (25) | 0 (0) |
| Mastectomy + SLNB | 1 (6) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) |
| Mastectomy + Lymphadenectomy | 7 (41) | 5 (42) | 2 (40) |
| RT | 2 (12) | 1 (8) | 1 (20) |
| Metastatic | |||
| None | 9 (53) | 5 (42) | 4 (80) |
| RT bone M1 | 5 (29) | 5 (42) | 0 (0) |
| RT nodal M1 | 2 (12) | 1 (8) | 1 (20) |
| RT nodal and bone M1 | 1 (6) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) |
| Adjuvant treatment | |||
| RT | 6 (35) | 5 (42) | 1 (20) |
| RT + Anti-HER2 | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) |
| RT + HT | 2 (12) | 2 (17) | 0 (0) |
| HT | 2 (12) | 2 (17) | 0 (0) |
| RT + Anti-HER2 + HT | 1 (6) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) |
| None | 5 (29) | 2 (17) | 3 (60) |