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Table 2 Patient and tumour characteristics and response by whether patient’s tumour assessed by agilent microarray

From: A phase I/II trial of epirubicin and docetaxel in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) on 2-weekly or 3-weekly schedules: NCIC CTG MA.22

Included phase I/II

Schedule A

N with banked tumour = 46

Schedule B

N with banked tumour = 46

 

Yes (N = 41)

No (N = 5)

Total (N = 46)

P value1

Yes (N = 35)

No (N = 11)

Total (N = 46)

P value1

Clinical N stage

N1

17

1

18

 

8

2

10

 
 

N2

15

3

18

 

24

5

29

 
 

N3

3

0

3

 

2

3

5

 
 

NX

6

1

7

 

1

0

1

 
 

N0

0

0

0

0.6983

0

1

1

0.1074

Clinical T stage

T2

2

0

2

 

1

0

1

 
 

T3

13

1

14

 

18

5

23

 
 

T4

26

4

30

 

16

4

20

 
 

T1

0

0

0

 

0

1

1

 
 

TX

0

0

0

1.0000

0

1

1

0.2185

Age

Median

48.5

47.8

  

41.8

45.4

  
 

Range

(27.4, 72.3)

(44.1, 72.2)

 

0.3061

(28.2, 65.2)

(27.5, 60.1)

 

0.7088

ER

Median

40

100

  

0

100

  
 

Range

(0, 100)

(0, 100)

 

0.3909

(0, 100)

(0, 100)

 

0.1919

PR

Median

0

60

  

0

100

  
 

Range

(0, 100)

(0, 100)

 

0.04134

(0, 100)

(0, 100)

 

0.01362

Her2

Median

0

0

  

0

0

  
 

Range

(0, 100)

(0, 0)

 

0.06909

(0, 100)

(0, 0)

 

0.5997

Topo2

Median

70

90

  

80

100

  
 

Range

(0, 100)

(0, 100)

 

0.4537

(0, 100)

(1, 90)

 

0.1411

% tumour extent

Median

100

90

  

85

80

  
 

Range

(40, 100)

(60, 100)

 

0.2862

(0, 100)

(1, 100)

 

0.9887

  1. 1P value is based on Fisher’s exact test for categorical factors and Wilcoxon signed-rank test for continuous