Table 3. Number (percentage) of patients in each workload category by type of surgery and adjuvant therapy received.
|
Workload |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <10 | 10–29 | 30–49 | 50+ | All | |
| Surgery type | |||||
| BCS alone | 294 (41.9%) | 757 (32.2%) | 958 (40.6%) | 2178 (36.8%) | 4187 (37.0%) |
| Mastectomy alone | 246 (35.0%) | 971 (41.3%) | 743 (31.5%) | 2272 (38.4%) | 4232 (37.4%) |
| BCS & M | 75 (10.7%) | 332 (14.1%) | 332 (14.1%) | 854 (14.4%) | 1593 (14.1%) |
| Treatment modalities received in addition to surgery | |||||
| Radiotherapy | 298 (42.5%) | 1112 (47.3%) | 1207 (51.1%) | 2769 (46.8%) | 5386 (47.5%) |
| Chemotherapy | 85 (12.1%) | 255 ((10.9%) | 397 (16.8%) | 1226 (20.7%) | 1963 (17.3%) |
| Hormone therapy | 498 (70.9%) | 1606 (68.4%) | 1606 (68.1%) | 4256 (71.9%) | 7966 (70.3%) |
| RT+CT/HT | 268 (38.2%) | 944 (40.2%) | 1083 (45.9%) | 2536 (42.9%) | 4831 (42.6%) |
| Surgery alone | 71 (10.1%) | 218 (9.3%) | 218 (9.2%) | 481 (8.1%) | 988 (8.7%) |
BCS=breast-conserving surgery; M=mastectomy; S=surgery; CT=chemotherapy; RT=radiotherapy and HT=hormone therapy.