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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2022 May 19;22(5):535–548. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2022.2064277

Table 2.

Impact of nodal status on systemic therapy recommendations.

HER2+
T1aN0 T1bc N0 Stage II/III
Consider TH TH chemotherapy ACT or TC plus trastuzumab, ± pertuzumab
Triple Negative
T1a N0 T1bc N0 Stage II/III
Consider chemotherapy TC or ACT ACT
HR+, HER2−
Premenopausal*
Node Negative
Postmenopausal
Node Negative, 1-3+ nodes
Oncotype score >25
  Chemotherapy + endocrine therapy
Oncotype score >25
  Chemotherapy + endocrine therapy
Oncotype score ≤15
  Endocrine therapy
Oncotype score ≤25
  Endocrine therapy
Oncotype score 16-25
  Consider chemotherapy
Node positive
Chemotherapy
*

Nodal status primary determinant of need for chemotherapy

Abbreviations: HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; TH, taxane and trastuzumab; ACT, anthracycline, cyclophosphamide, Taxane; TC, carboplatin taxane; HR, hormone receptor;