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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2009 May;208(5):906–916. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.035

Table 5.

Pathological Stage after Completion of Neoadjuvant Letrozole Therapy

Characteristic Value
Pathologic tumor size (cm), median (range) 2.1 (0.0–12.2)
T stage, n (%)
  T0 1 (1)
  T1 39 (41)
  T2 39 (41)
  T3 13 (14)
  T4 4 (4)
N stage, n (%)
  N0 39 (41)
  N1 34 (35)
  N2 13 (14)
  N3 8 (8)
  Nx 2 (2)
Pathologic stage, n (%)
  0 1 (1)
  1 21 (22)
  2A 22 (23)
  2B 20 (21)
  3A 18 (19.0)
  3B 4 (4)
  3C 8 (8)
  Stage incomplete* 2 (2)
Tumor type, n (%)
  Ductal 51 (53)
  Lobular 30 (31)
  Mixed 11 (12)
  Other 3 (3)
  No residual tumor 1 (1)
Tumor grade, n (%)
  1 30 (32)
  2 57 (59)
  3 8 (8)
  No residual tumor 1 (1)
*

Because of lack of node evaluation.

Mucinous, 2 (2%); tubular, 1 (1%).