Table 1 Patient and tumour characteristics

From: Vinorelbine alternating oral and intravenous plus epirubicin in first-line therapy of metastatic breast cancer: results of a multicentre phase II study

 

N (%)

No. of patients

49

Age (years)

 Median

55

 Range

[27–75]

Median disease-free interval (months)

34

Menopausal status

 Pre

33 (67)

 Post

16 (33)

Estrogen receptors

 Positive

27 (55)

 Negative

14 (29)

 Unknown

8 (16)

Prior therapy

 Radiotherapy

32 (65)

 Adjuvant chemotherapy

25 (51)

 Adjuvant hormonotherapy

13 (27)

 Hormonotherapy for MBC

17 (35)

Karnofsky performance status

 100%

19 (39)

 90–80%

24 (49)

 70%

6 (12)

Visceral involvement

42 (86)

No. of organs involved

 1

10 (20)

 2

21 (43)

3

18 (37)