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. 2020 Aug;8(16):992. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-5172

Table 4. Number of pathologic nodal residual tumors according to breast pCR and subtype (%).

Characteristics Breast pCR Total No breast pCR Total
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.