Table 2 Cancer and chemotherapy characteristics.

From: Influence of capping chemotherapy prescriptions on efficacy and tolerability in medium and high-risk early-stage breast cancer

  

All patients

Group of capping

P-value

[0–10[

[10–50[

[50–90[

[90–100]

 

No. of patients (%)

 

130 (100%)

13 (10%)

42 (32.3%)

50 (38.5%)

25 (19.2%)

 

Type of cancer

Infiltrating duct carcinoma

104 (80%)

10 (76.9%)

32 (76.2%)

40 (80%)

22 (88%)

0.705

Infiltrating lobular carcinoma

21 (16.2%)

1 (7.7%)

8 (19%)

9 (18%)

3 (12%)

0.802

Other carcinoma

5 (3.8%)

2 (15.4%)

2 (4.8%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

0.853

Grade SBR

1

6 (4.6%)

1 (7.7%)

2 (4.8%)

2 (4%)

1 (4%)

0.79

2

67 (51.5%)

5 (38.5%)

21 (50%)

25 (50%)

16 (64%)

3

55 (42.3%)

7 (53.8%)

18 (42.9%)

22 (44%)

8 (32%)

MD

2 (1.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.4%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

Metastasis status (M)

MX

16 (12.3%)

2 (15.4%)

5 (11.9%)

7 (14%)

2 (8%)

M0

114 (87.6%)

11 (84.6%)

37 (88%)

43 (86%)

23 (92%)

HER2 status

Positive

23 (17.7%)

3 (23.1%)

10 (23.8%)

7 (14%)

3 (12%)

0.472

Negative

107 (82.3%)

10 (76.9%)

32 (76.2%)

43 (86%)

22 (88%)

Estrogen receptors

Positive

96 (73.8%)

9 (69.2%)

27 (64.3%)

39 (78%)

21 (84%)

0.26

Negative

34 (26.2%)

4 (30.8%)

15 (35.7%)

11 (22%)

4 (16%)

Progesterone receptors

Positive

79 (60.8%)

10 (76.9%)

19 (45.2%)

30 (60%)

20 (80%)

0.023*

Negative

51 (39.2%)

3 (23.1%)

23 (54.8%)

20 (40%)

5 (20%)

Chemotherapy

Adjuvant

113 (86.9%)

13 (100%)

31 (73.8%)

46 (92%)

23 (92%)

0.028*

Neoadjuvant

17 (13.1%)

0 (0%)

11 (26.2%)

4 (8%)

2 (8%)

Number of cycle received, mean [± SD]

7(± 3.4)

6.5 (± 3.5)

8 (± 4)

6.5 (± 2.9)

6 (± 2.8)

0.034*