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. 2013 Jan 8;108(2):285–291. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.557

Table 3. Predictors of mastectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

  Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Factor ORa 95% CI P-value ORa 95% CI P-value
Age (years)
0.99
0.98–1.00
0.02
0.99
0.98–1.00
0.02
Multifocal tumour
 
 
<0.001
 
 
 
No 1.00 1.00
Yes
4.6
3.28–6.46
 
3.85
2.70–5.48
<0.001
Tumour size (cm)
1.42
1.33–1.51
<0.001
1.30
1.21–1.40
<0.001
N stage
N0 1.00 1.00
N1 or sup
2.03
1.66–2.48
<0.001
1.39
1.09–1.77
0.007
AJCC stage
I/II 1.00 1.00
III/IV
3.51
2.78–4.41
<0.001
1.89
1.41–2.54
<0.001
Nuclear grade
I 1.00 1.00
II 0.81 0.47–1.37 0.43 1.43 0.75–2.69 0.27
III
0.51
0.35–1.00
0.05
0.85
0.44–1.62
0.61
Histological subtype
IDC 1.00 1.00
ILC 2.25 1.52–3.33 <0.001 1.86 1.15–2.99 0.01

Abbreviations: AJCC=American Joint Committee on Cancer; CI=confidence interval; IDC=invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC=invasive lobular carcinoma; OR=odds ratio.

a

OR=1 is the reference; OR<1, factor associated with lower mastectomy rate; OR>1, factor associated with higher mastectomy rate.