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. 2016 Aug 18;115(7):776–783. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.249

Table 4. Risk of breast cancer-specific death according to treatment among non-carriers and BRCA2 carriers (period of diagnosis 1980–2012), multivariatea.

  Non-carriers
BRCA2 mutation
 
  Patients (n=369) Deaths (n=71) HR 95% CI P-value Patients (n=187) Deaths (n=71) HR 95% CI P-value P-value interactionb
Surgery
0.007
Lumpectomy 153 26 1     49 14 1      
Mastectomy 214 62 1.01 0.51–2.03 0.97 138 57 0.49 0.21–1.11 0.09  
Adjuvant chemotherapy
0.06
None 185 35 1     82 31 1      
Any 175 50 0.98 0.47–2.04 0.96 101 40 0.35 0.16–0.80 0.01  
 Anthracyclin 81 15 1.41 0.54–3.69 0.48 51 15 0.36 0.13–0.98 0.05  
 Nonanthracyclin 94 35 0.84 0.38–1.86 0.67 49 24 0.34 0.14–0.83 0.02  
Radiation
0.13
None 167 41 1     86 31 1      
Any 198 47 0.87 0.48–1.56 0.64 98 40 1.09 0.59–2.04 0.78  
Adjuvant hormone therapy
0.16
None 206 64 1     94 36 1      
Any 154 22 0.65 0.32–1.33 0.24 89 35 1.03 0.41–2.60 0.95  

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio.

a

Model including year of birth, year of diagnosis, size, nodal status, grade, ER status and all other treatment categories.

b

Interaction between BRCA2 mutation status and the relevant variable.