Table 2.

Univariate Predictors of Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

Characteristic	P value
Race	0.287
Increasing tumor grade	0.015
Clinical T stage	0.231
ER / PR negative status	0.00002
HER-2/neu amplification	0.025
Clinical N0 nodal status	< 0.0001
Use of chemotherapy vs. endocrine therapy	0.081