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. 2016 Feb 23;114(7):793–800. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.34

Table 2. Treatment received by patients before and after brain metastasis and impact on times to progression and survival.

  Chemotherapy
Hormone therapy
HER2-directed therapy
Number of treatments Number Median time to brain metastases Number Median time to brain metastases Number Median time to brain metastases
(a) Treatment received by patients before diagnosis of brain metastasis and median time (months) to brain metastasis from breast cancer diagnosis comparing treatment with no treatment
0 9 28 18 21.5 23 23
1 20 23 10 27.5 12 26
2 4   6   0  
3 2   0   0  
4 1   0   0  
Unknown 5   7   6  
  Chemotherapy
Hormone therapy
HER2-directed therapy
Number of treatments Number Median survival Number Median survival Number Median survival
(b) Treatment received by patients after diagnosis of brain metastasis and median overall survival (months) from brain metastasis comparing treatment with no treatment
0 27 10 26 13.5 34 16.5
1 6 33.5 7 16.5 1 6
2 0   1   0  
3 1   0   0  
4 1   0   0  
Unknown 6   7   6