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. 2010 Apr 6;17(9):2411–2418. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-1008-1

Table 2.

Pathological response according to histological and molecular subtype

No. pCR breast and axilla pCR breast
No. (%) No. (%)
Histological subtype
 Ductal 195 23 (12) 36 (18)
 Lobular 42 1 (2) 1 (2)
 Adenocarcinoma (NS) 14 5 (36) 8 (57)
Receptor-based subtype
 ER-positive (HER2-negative) 138 3 (2) 9 (7)
 Triple-negative 57 16 (28) 20 (35)
 HER2+ 36 3 (8) 5 (14)
 HER2+T 20 7 (35) 11 (55)
Total 251 29 (12) 45 (18)

pCR pathological complete remission, ER estrogen receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, Triple-negative ER and progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2-negative (triple negative), HER2+T HER2-positive and treated with trastuzumab