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. 2019 Apr;8(2):389–401. doi: 10.21037/tcr.2019.01.34

Table 2. Characteristics of breast cancer cases received neoadjuvant chemotherapy after diagnosis.

Variable Number
Female, n (%) 180 [100]
Age, mean ± SD, years 48.2±11.0
Menopausal status
   Pre-menopausal 102 (56.67)
   Post-menopausal 78 (43.33)
Tumor location
   Left 94 (52.22)
   Right 86 (47.78)
Biopsy date (year), n (%)
   ~2014 23 (12.78)
   2015 43 (23.89)
   2016 79 (43.89)
   2017 35 (19.44)
Histopathology, n (%)
   Invasive breast cancer 180 [100]
Clinical T stage, n (%)
   cT1 21 (11.67)
   cT2 139 (77.22)
   cT3 20 (11.11)
Clinical N stage, n (%)
   cN0 67 (37.22)
   cN1 106 (58.89)
   cN2 7 (3.89)
Clinical TNM stage, n (%)
   I
   II 158 (87.78)
   III 22 (12.22)
Biopsy ER status, n (%)
   Positive 120 (66.67)
   Negative 60 (33.33)
Biopsy PR status, n (%)
   Positive 96 (53.33)
   Negative 84 (46.67)
Biopsy HER2 status, n (%)
   Positive 72 (40.00)
   Negative 108 (60.00)
Biopsy Ki-67, n (%)
   <14% 9 (5.00)
   14–50% 130 (72.22)
   >50% 41 (22.78)
Biopsy molecular subtype, n (%)
   Luminal A 8 (4.44)
   Luminal B/HER2 negative 71 (39.44)
   Luminal B/HER2 positive 41 (22.78)
   HER2 positive 31 (17.22)
   Triple negative 29 (16.11)

ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor.