Table I.
Patient characteristics (n=6).
| Characteristics | N |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Median | 53 |
| Range | 41–61 |
| ECOG PS | |
| 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 |
| Clinical tumor stage | |
| T2 | 1 |
| T3 | 0 |
| T4 | 5 |
| Clinical nodal status | |
| N1 | 1 |
| N2 | 3 |
| N3 | 2 |
| ER receptor status | |
| Positive | 3 |
| Negative | 3 |
| PR receptor status | |
| Positive | 2 |
| Negative | 4 |
| Menopausal status | |
| Premenopausal | 3 |
| Postmenopausal | 3 |
| Treatment cycles | |
| Median | 4 |
| Range | 3–6 |
| Reduction rate (%) | |
| Median | 61.9 |
| Range | 39.0–69.9 |
ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; PS, performance status; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor.