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. 2013 May 30;139(2):441–451. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2573-3

Table 3.

Response rates

Patients, n (%)
Exemestane (n = 132) Anastrozole (n = 128)
Complete response 2 (1.5) 3 (2.3)
Partial response 56 (42.4) 47 (36.7)
Stable disease 55 (41.7) 70 (54.7)
 Stable disease ≥24 weeks 41 (31.1) 49 (38.3)
 Stable disease <24 weeks 14 (10.6) 21 (16.4)
Progressive disease 16 (12.1) 8 (6.3)
Early deatha 1 (<1.0) 0
Indeterminate response 2 (1.5) 0
Overall response rate (CR + PR) [95 % CI] 58 (43.9) [35.3, 52.8] 50 (39.1) [30.6, 48.1]
Clinical benefit response rateb [95 % CI] 99 (75.0) [66.7, 82.1] 99 (77.3) [69.1, 84.3]

Adapted with permission from Masuda et al. [24]

CI confidence interval, CR complete response, PR partial response

Based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.0 [23]

aCause of early death in 1 patient was lung metastasis

bClinical benefit response rate = (CR + PR + stable disease > 24 weeks)/number of patients × 100