Table 4. Number of pathologic nodal residual tumors according to breast pCR and subtype (%).
Characteristics | Breast pCR | Total | No breast pCR | Total | ||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | ≥3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ≥3 | |||
N0 | ||||||||||
HR+HER2− | 15 [75] | 2 [10] | 0 [0] | 3 [15] | 20 | 74 [45] | 23 [14] | 17[10] | 49 [30] | 163 |
HR+HER2+ | 20 [91] | 2 [9] | 0 [0] | 0 [0] | 22 | 33 [66] | 5 [10] | 1 [2] | 11 [22] | 50 |
HR−HER2+ | 20 [91] | 1 [5] | 1 [5] | 0 [0] | 22 | 35 [73] | 4 [8] | 2 [4] | 7 [15] | 48 |
TNBC | 21 [100] | 0 [0] | 0 [0] | 0 [0] | 21 | 36 [65] | 6 [11] | 8 [15] | 5 [9] | 55 |
Total | 76 [89] | 5 [6] | 1 [1] | 3 [4] | 85 | 178 [56] | 38 [12] | 28 [9] | 72 [23] | 316 |
N1 | ||||||||||
HR+HER2− | 36 [68] | 3 [6] | 6 [11] | 8 [15] | 53 | 71 [26] | 60 [22] | 32 [12] | 107 [40] | 270 |
HR+HER2+ | 36 [75] | 5 [10] | 4 [8] | 3 [6] | 48 | 51 [38] | 28 [21] | 14 [10] | 43 [31] | 136 |
HR−HER2+ | 31 [74] | 7 [17] | 1 [2] | 3 [7] | 42 | 39 [54] | 10 [14] | 5 [7] | 18 [25] | 72 |
TNBC | 31 [76] | 4 [10] | 1 [2] | 5 [12] | 41 | 32 [44] | 16 [22] | 6 [8] | 19 [26] | 73 |
Total | 134 [73] | 19 [10] | 12 [7] | 19 [10] | 184 | 193 [35] | 114 [21] | 57 [10] | 187 [34] | 551 |
pCR, pathologic complete response; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HR, hormone receptor; +, positive; −, negative.