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Table 4 Relation between clinical staging with grade, hormonal (HR) status and post chemotherapy tumour size showing status of surgical margin in patient who did BCS

From: Feasibility of breast conservation after neoadjuvant taxene based chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer: a Prospective Phase I trial

Clinical Stage

N

Grade

HR status

Post-chemotherapy tumour size

  

G II

G III

HR +

HR -

< 4 cm

4-5 cm

T3N0

8 (6)

6 (5)

2 (1)

8 (6)

0 (0)

5 (5)

3 (1)

T3N1

20 (17)

12 (10)

8 (7)

17 (15)

3 (2)

12 (12)

8 (5)

T3N2

4 (2)

2 (0)

2 (2)

1 (0)

3 (2)

2 (2)

2 (0)

T2N2

4 (4)

2 (2)

2 (2)

3 (3)

1 (1)

4 (4)

0 (0)

Total

36 (29)

22 (17)

14 (12)

29 (23)

7 (6)

23 (23)

13 (6)

  1. N.B.: Numbers between brackets refer to numbers of patients who did BCS with free surgical margins in different stage groups according to grade, HR status and post chemotherapy tumour size.