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. 2018 Sep 26;12:874. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2018.874

Table 2. T1–T2 N0 PMRT.

Publication No. of patients Included population Follow-up PMRT Adjuvant treatment LRR global failure Outcomes
2005 Truong et al 1505 T1–2 N0 with TM 7 years No 50.7% 7.8% Recursive Partitioning Analysis
10 year Kaplan–Meier LRR G3 versus G1–2 → 12.1% versus 5.5% (p < 0.0001)
10 year Kaplan–Meier LRR G3+LVI versus G3 without LVI → 21.2% versus 9%
(p = 0.0008)
10 year Kaplan–Meier LRR for G3+T2+LVI (−) without systemic treatment versus G3+T2+LVI (−) with systemic therapy → 23.2% versus 9.2% (p < 0.001)
Yildrin 2007 502 T1–2 N0 with TM 77 months (6.4 years) No 56.2% 2.8%
MV analysis in ≤ 40 years + > 2 cm → LRR HR 5.4 (p = 0.05)
MV analysis in ≤ 40 years + LVI → LRR HR 9.0 (p = 0.004)
MV analysis in > 40 years + > 3 cm → LRR HR 8.6 (p = 0.05)
MV analysis in > 40 years + G3 → LRR HR 7.0 (p = 0.05)
MV analysis in > 40 years + LVI → LRR HR 18 (p = 0.007)
Estimated 10 year LRFS rates: 98% in ≤ 40 years old with 0–2 RFs (low risk) versus 44% with > 2 RF (high risk) (p < 0.0001)
Estimated 10 year LRFS rates: 99% in < 3 RF (low risk) in >40 years old versus 57% in patients > 3 RFs (high risk) (p < 0.0001)
Trovo 2012 159 → 54% N0 T1–2 N0–1 with TM 75 months (6.25 years) PMRT in N1 95% 11% 5 year Kaplan–Meier LRR in Patients LVI (+) versus LVI (−) → 19.1% versus 3.2% (p = 0.002)
Kaplan–Meier LRR in Premenopausal versus postmenopausal status → 13.4% versus 4.8% (p = 0.004)
Kaplan–Meier LRR inER (−) versus ER (+) → 25.8% versus 4.7% (p = 0.002)
Kaplan–Meier LRR in G3 versus G1–2 → 16.4% versus 1.4% (p = 0.002)
Kaplan–Meier LRR in patients with non or one, two, three or four LRR factors → 1.2%, 10.3%, 24.1% and 75% (p < 0.001)
Rita Abi-Raad 2011 1136 T1–2N0 with TM 9 years No 61.6% 5.2% LRR MV analysis in patients with Systemic treatment → HR 0.5 (p = 0.036)
LRR MV analysis in patients with margins < 2 mm → HR3.3 (p = 0.001)
LRR MV analysis in patients with Size ≥ 2 cm → HR 2.0 (p = 0.011)
LRR MV analysis in patients with > 50 years old → HR 0.5 (p = 0.018)
LRR MV analysis in patients with ILV (+) → HR 2.7 (p = 0.002)
10 year LRR Kaplan–Meier without RFs 2%; LRR with 1 RF 3.3%; LRR with 2 RF 5.8%; ≥ 3 RF, 19.7% (p < 0.0001)
Xing Xing Chen 2013 390 → 307 N0 (78.7%) TNBC T1–2 N0–1 with TM 60.5 months (5 years) No 86% 7.9% global RR MV analysis in patients < 50 years versus ≥ 50 years → HR 4.82 (p = 0.015)
LRR MV analysis in patients with N(+) 3 versus 0–2 → HR 8.76 (p = 0.03)
LRR MV analysis in patients with LVI (+) versus LVI (−) → HR 26.05 (p = 0.000)
LRR MV analysis in patients with G3 tumour versus G1–2 → HR 2.87 (p = 0.039)
5 year KM LRR with 0–1 RF was 4.2%; with 2 RF 25.2%; with > 3 RF 81% (p < 0.001)
Ranjna Sharma 2010 1019 → 753 N0 T1–2N0–1 with TM 7.47 years No 76.9% 2.3% 10 year Kaplan–Meier LRR in N0 patients ≤ 40 years versus >40 years → 10.5% versus 1% (p < 0.0001)
LRR MV analisys in N0 patients ≤ 40 years → HR 2.14 (p = 0.004)
10 year Kaplan–Meier LRR in T1N0 and T2N0 in ≤ 40 years old patients was 9.3% and 18.6% (p not reported)
Troung 2014 1994 pacientes T1–2 N0 with TM 4.3 years No 80.5% LRR MV analisys Lobular histology → HR 3.48 (p = 0.003)
LRR MV analisys Close or positive margins → HR 3.42 (p = 0.009)
LRR MV analisys Tumour size > 2 cm → HR 2.57 (p = 0.012)
Jessica Selz 2012 699 patients T1–2 N0 with TM 56 months (4.6 years) – 191 PMRT with RLI
– 508 without PMRT
HT 65.5%
CT 33.5%
Trastuzumab 3.7%
Freedom from LRR:
97% patients
– LRR MV analisys in patients with with Ki67 > 20% → HR 4.18 (p < 0.0215)
5 year LRRFS in PMRT versus no PMRT patients → 97.7% versus 96.8% (p = 0.663)
Bassam S. Abdulkarim 2011 768 TNBC
– BCT+RT in T1–2 N0 → 233
– T1–2N0 MT with no PMRT→ 235
T1–2N0 with TM 7.2 years No 69.9% in those with TM LRR 10% LRR MV analisys for MRM without RT versus BCT+RT in T1–2 N0 → HR 3.44 (p < 0.001)
LRR MV analisys for MRM with RT versus BCT+RT in T1–2 N0 → 0.72 (p = 0.34)
Joseph Hastings 2014 1259 patients TNBC T1 N0 with TM 8.5 years No QT 24.2% 10 year LRR 3.2% LRR MV analysis in patients with margins ≤ 3 mm → HR 2.97 (p = 0.02)
LRR MV analysis in patients in patien with G3 versus G1–2 tumours → HR 3.97 (p = 0.0002)
10 year Kaplan–Meier LRR in Patients with one of these RFs versus two RFs → 2.7% versus 25% (p < 0.0001)

G = histological grade; BCT = breast conservative treatment; NS = not significant; RLI = regional lymph node irradiation