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. 2016 Apr 27;2:16011. doi: 10.1038/npjbcancer.2016.11

Table 2. Survival benefit of adjuvant treatment in breast cancer by PREDICT.

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4
Patient and tumor characteristics
 Age 42 55 72 38
 Mode of detection Symptomatica Screening Symptomatic Symptomatic
 Tumor size (mm) 18 15 40 32
 Tumor grade 3 2 2 3
 Number of positive lymph nodes 3 0 2 1
 Estrogen Receptor status Negative Positive Positive Negative
 HER2 status Positive Negative Negative Negative
 KI 67 status Positive (>10%) Unknown Unknown Positive (>10%)
 Generation of chemotherapy regimen Second Third Second Third
       
5-Year survival results (%)
 No adjuvant treatment 60 96 76 61
 Benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy 15 1 3 18
 Benefit of adjuvant Trastuzumab 6 n/a n/a n/a
 Benefit of adjuvant hormone therapy n/a 1 4 n/a
 Total survival with adjuvant therapy 81 98 83 79
       
10-Year survival results (%)
 No adjuvant treatment 49 90 50 49
 Benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy 18 1 5 22
 Benefit of adjuvant Trastuzumab 5 n/a n/a n/a
 Benefit of adjuvant Hormone therapy n/a 2 9 n/a
 Total survival with adjuvant therapy 72 93 64 71

Abbreviations: HER2, human epidermal growth factor2.

a

Presented with palpable mass; data modified from PREDICT.5,8