Research Article
Assessment of Pathological Response of Breast Carcinoma in Modified Radical Mastectomy Specimens after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Table 7
Factors affecting lymph node response.
| Characteristic | Lymph node partial response | Lymph node complete response | | OR (95% CI) |
| Age | | | | | Up to 59 | 22 (59.5%) | 15 (40.5%) | 0.804 | 0.83 (0.20 to 3.37) | 60 and above | 7 (63.6%) | 4 (36.4%) | Family history | | | | | Yes | 6 (75%) | 2 (25%) | 0.356 | 2.21 (0.39 to 12.36) | No | 23 (57.5%) | 17 (42.5%) | Specimen size | | | | | Up to 5 cm | 22 (59.5%) | 15 (40.5%) | 0.804 | 0.83 (0.20 to 3.37) | More than 5 cm | 7 (63.6%) | 4 (36.4%) | FNA grade | | | | | Grade 1 | 11 (52.4%) | 10 (47.6%) | 0.315 | 0.55 (0.17 to 1.77) | Grade 2 | 18 (66.7%) | 9 (33.3%) | DCIS | | | | | Yes | 8 (61.5%) | 5 (38.5%) | 0.923 | 1.06 (0.28 to 3.93) | No | 21 (60%) | 14 (40%) | Type of cancer | | | | | pCR | 2 (22.2%) | 7 (77.8%) | 0.012# | — | Invasive ductal carcinoma NOS | 27 (71.1%) | 11 (28.9%) | Invasive lobular carcinoma | 0 | 1 (100%) | Lymphovascular invasion | | | | | Yes | 13 (100%) | 0 | 0.001# |
— | No | 16 (45.7%) | 19 (54.3%) |
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Statistically significant.
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