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. 2021 Mar 2;13:2163–2170. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S298360

Table 2.

Efficacy Outcomes Post-Surgery with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Regimen

Variables N (%)
Patients who received surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone (n = 21)
 pCR 8/21 (38.1)
 MPR 15/21 (71.4)
Patients who received surgery (n = 24)
 pCR 9/24 (37.5)
 MPR 16/24 (66.7)
 R0 resection 23/24 (95.8)
 Stage I (ypT1-2N0) 15 (62.5)
 Stage II (ypT3N0) 3 (12.5)
 Stage IIIA (ypT0-2N1) 4 (16.7)
 Stage IIIB (ypT3N1/T0-3N2/T4a N0) 1 (8.3)
 ypN0 18 (75)
 ypN1 4 (16.7)
 ypN2 1 (8.3)
Post-surgical morbidities 3 (12.5)
 Pleural cavity infection 1 (4.2)
 Pneumonia 1 (4.2)
 Mediastinitis 1 (4.2)

Abbreviations: MPR, major pathological response; pCR, partial complete response.