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. 2017 Nov 23;168(1):197–205. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4567-z

Table 3.

1st treatment regimen initiated in the past 12 months, as a function of the ECOG score, patient age and location of metastases

TOTAL Age ECOG Location of metastases
< 60 yrs 60–70 yrs > 70 yrs 0–1 2–4 B V ± B
N = 1648 (%) N = 770 (%) N = 509 (%) N = 369 (%) N = 1335 (%) N = 304 (%) N = 855 (%) N = 1298 (%) N = 160 (%)
CT and TT and no HT 75 83* 81 51** 78* 62 69** 81* 76
 Docetaxel+trastuzumab+pertuzumab 36 47* 40 12** 41* 17 35 39 28**
 Paclitaxel+trastuzumab 9 7 11 9 8 12 9 9 11
 Paclitaxel+trastuzumab+pertuzumab 9 10 8 6 10* 3 7 9 7
 Docetaxel+trastuzumab 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 7 9
 Vinorelbine+trastuzumab 4 2 2 7* 3 6* 4 4 3
 Capecitabine+trastuzumab 3 2 2 8* 2 8* 3 4 5
 Capecitabine+lapatinib 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 6*
 Docetaxel+pertuzumab 1 1 2 1 1 1 < 1** 2 2
HT and TT and no CT 13 6** 9** 33* 12 17* 20* 8** 9**
 Trastuzumab+non-steroidal AI 9 3** 6** 26* 8 13* 14* 6** 5**
 Lapatinib+non-steroidal AI 2 1 1 4* 2 2 3* 1** 1
 Trastuzumab+steroidal AI 1 < 1 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 1
TT only 6 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 9
 T-DM1 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 6*
 Trastuzumab+pertuzumab 2 3 2 < 1** 2 1 2 2
 Trastuzumab 2 1 1 4* 1 4* 3 1 3
CT only 4 3 4 6 2 10* 4 4 6
CT and TT and HT 1 1 < 1 1 1 1 < 1 1 1
HT only 1 1 2* < 1 3* 1 < 1
CT and HT and no TT < 1 1 < 1 < 1 < 1

B bone, V ± B visceral ± bone, C ± , cerebral ± others, CT chemotherapy, TT targeted therapy, HT hormonotherapy, AI aromatase inhibitors

* Value is significantly higher than the comparator group

** Value is significantly lower than the comparator group