Table 3. Stratified analysis of the association between consolidation chemotherapy (CCT) or neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and pathological complete response (pCR) by clinical tumor stage, clinical nodal stage and categories of time interval.
| Strata | pCR in CCT | pCR in nCRT | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical tumor stage | |||
| cT3 | 2/17 | 4/32 | 0.09 |
| cT4 | 1/44 | 12/50 | 0.002 |
| Clinical nodal stage | |||
| cN0 | 2/12 | 3/12 | 0.61 |
| cN1 | 1/38 | 10/50 | 0.01 |
| cN2 | 0/11 | 3/21 | 0.18 |
| Time interval to surgery | |||
| <6 weeks | 2/35 | 0/9 | 0.46 |
| 6–10 weeks | 0/21 | 11/51 | 0.02 |
| >10 weeks | 1/5 | 5/23 | 0.93 |