Table 1.

Main characteristics of the study population.

Variables	Value (n = 82)
Age (years), mean ± DS	54.9 ± 5
Type of carcinoma
Infiltrating ductal	62
Infiltrating lobular	4
Poorly differentiated	14
Undifferentiated	2
Disease stage (TNM)
Ic	8
II	44
III	14
IV	16
Treated with doxorubicin	54
epirubicin-trastuzumab	28
LVEF (%), mean ± SD	64% ± 5%
Hematocrit (%), mean ± SD	36.8% ± 4%

SD, standard deviation; TNM, tumor node metastasis; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.