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%)

Statistically significant.