Table 5 The pCR status of patients according to treatment arms and adjuvant treatments received by the patients.

From: Comparison of anthracycline-containing and anthracycline-free regimens in neoadjuvant HER-2 positive breast cancer treatment

 

Arm-A

p value

Arm-B

p value

pCR

Non-pCR

pCR

Non-pCR

Adjuvant treatment

n (%)

n (%)

0.32

n (%)

n (%)

< 0.001

AC + Trastuzumab

0 (0.0)

2 (8.0)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Trastuzumab

18 (72.0)

16 (64.0)

 

44 (93.6)

31 (68.9)

 

Trastuzumab + Pertuzumab

7 (28.0)

5 (20.0)

 

3 (6.4)

2 (4.4)

 

Trastuzumab emtansin (T-DM1)

0 (0.0)

2 (8.0)

 

0 (0.0)

12 (26.7)

 
  1. AC doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, pCR pathological complete response.