Table 1 Clinical and pathological characteristics of patients.

From: A priori prediction of tumour response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients using quantitative CT and machine learning

Characteristics

Mean ± Standard deviation/Percentage

Age

52.7 ± 11.9 years

Initial tumour size

5.5 ± 2.7 cm

Histology

 

Invasive ductal carcinoma: 93.4%

 

Invasive lobular carcinoma: 4.1%

 

Invasive metaplastic carcinoma: 2.5%

Tumour grade

 

Grade I: 1.4%

 

Grade II: 50.9%

 

Grade III: 47.7%

Molecular features

 

ER + : 62.3%

 

PR + : 59.7%

 

HER2 + : 30.1%

 

Triple negative: 25%

 

ER + /PR + / HER2 + : 16.7%

 

ER + /PR + /HER2−: 41.7%

 

ER−/PR−/HER2 + : 8.3%

Residual tumour size

3.2 ± 4.3 cm

Response

 

Responding patients: 77.8%

 

Non-responding patients: 22.2%