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. 2018 Aug 20;4:27. doi: 10.1038/s41523-018-0082-6

Table 3.

Summary of results from prospective, outcomes-based studies of real-world experience

Standard RS cut-offs
RS <18 RS 18–30 RS ≥31
SEER (all N+; N = 6768)
N (%) 3919 (64%) 2380 (35%) 469 (1%)
% CT “yes”/“no/unknown” 24%/76% 49%/51% 77%/23%
5-year BCSS (SE) 98.8% (0.3%) 97.3% (0.6%) 88.5% (2.4%)
p-value <0.001
Clalit (N1mi/1–3N+; N = 709)
N (%) 379 (53%) 258 (36%) 72 (10%)
% CT/% no CT 7%/93% 40%/60% 86%/14%
5-year DR (95% CI) 3.2% (1.8%, 5.6%) 6.3% (3.9%, 10.1%) 16.9% (10.0%, 27.9%)
p-value <0.001
 5-year BCSM (95% CI) 0.5% (0.1%, 2.1%) 3.4% (1.7%, 6.7%) 5.7% (2.2%, 14.4%)
p-value <0.001

BCSM breast cancer-specific mortality, BCSS breast cancer-specific survival, CI confidence interval, CT chemotherapy, DR distant recurrence, RS Recurrence Score result, SE standard error