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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2015 Sep;262(3):434–439. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001417

TABLE 3.

BCT Candidacy, Conversion, and Final Procedure

Arm
Category
N
Total
404
1 = P
101
2 = P+B>B
100
3 = P+Cb
101
4 = P+Cb+B>B
102
BCT candidate pre-NST
Yes 54% 55% 63% 53% 45%
Remained BCT
candidate post-NST
90% 84% 94% 93% 89%
46% 45% 37% 47% 55%
No Converted to BCT
candidate post-NST
42% 33% 38% 45% 50%
BCT candidate post-NST
 regardless of pre-NST
 status
Yes 68% 61% 73% 70% 68%
Final surgery
 BCT 47% 44% 49% 50% 46%
 Mastectomy 53% 56% 51% 50% 54%