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Overall survival of the whole cohort and groups separated by pathological complete response. The comparison using Cox regression analysis is presented with hazard ratio, the corresponding confidence interval, and p-value. Patients with ALND before systemic therapy were excluded from pCR analysis. pCR: pathologic complete response, HR: hazard ratio, ALND = axillary lymph node dissection, n: number of patients.
