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. 2019 Aug 28;21:97. doi: 10.1186/s13058-019-1180-6

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

TAC + ZA
N = 122 (49.6%)
TAC
N = 124 (50.4%)
IGF-1R biopsy data available
N = 188 (76.4%)
Serum data available
N = 37
(15%)
Median age (range), Years 48.0 (29–67) 49.0 (34–70) 49 (29–70) 49 (34–65)
Median BMI (range), kg/m2 26.1 (18.5–40.0) 25.0 (18.3–42.0) 25.0 (18.3–42.0) 24.9 (19.4–39.5)
Menopausal status
 Pre/peri 72 (59.0%) 75 (60.5%) 110 (58.5%) 24 (64.9%)
 Post 50 (41.0%) 47 (37.9%) 76 (40.4%) 13 (35.1%)
T-classification
 T1/T2 73 (59.8%) 71 (57.3%) 108 (57.4%) 21 (56.8%)
 T3/T4 49 (40.2%) 53 (42.7%) 80 (42.6%) 16 (43.2%)
N-classification
 N0 54 (44.3%) 56 (45.2%) 90 (47.9%) 22 (59.5%)
 N+ 68 (55.7%) 68 (54.8%) 98 (52.1%) 15 (40.5%)
HR-status
 ER+ and/or PR+ 101 (82.8%) 104 (83.9%) 158 (84.0%) 33 (89.2%)
 ER− and PR− 21 (17.2%) 20 (16.1%) 30 (16.0%) 4 (10.8%)

TAC docetaxel, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, ZA zoledronic acid, BMI body mass index, HR hormone receptor, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, pCR pathologic complete response, LN lymph nodes, MP Miller and Payne