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. 2004 Mar 2;90(5):962–967. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601634

Table 6. OS after first-line ET according to prior adjuvant chemotherapy.

        Multivariate analysis
Prior adjuvant chemotherapy No. of patients Median OS months (95% CI) P-value Hazard ratio 95% CI χ2 df P-value
None 101 27.5 (19.9–35.1)   1 (ref)        
CMF 109 23.8 (19.1–28.5)   1.16 0.68–1.99      
Anthracycline 81 20.2 (16.4–24.0)   1.35 0.78–2.33 1.24 2  
      0.61         0.54
                 
All patients 291 24.1 (16.4–35.1)            

OS=overall survival; ET=epirubicin/paclitaxel; CI=Confidence interval; df=degree of freedom; CMF=Cyclophosplamide plus methotrexate plus 5-fluorouracil.