Table 1 (A) Histopathological findings in patients with a clinical complete remission and (B) clinical findings in patients with no histopathological signs of response

From: Breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: predictive markers and relation with outcome

(A) Pathological response

cCR ( n =15)

(B) clinical response

pNR ( n =29)

pCR

2

CCR

2

pMRD

4

cPR

17

pHRTM

7

  

pNR

2

cSD

10

Any pathological sign of response

13 (87%)

Any clinical sign of response

19 (66%)

  1. Histopathological examination: pCR=pathological complete remission; pMRD=minimal residual disease; pHRTM=histopathological changes in macroscopic residual tumour mass; pNR=no histopathological signs of response.
  2. Clinical examination: cCR=clinical complete remission; cPR=partial response; cSD=stable disease.
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