Research Article

Biological Characteristics and Medical Treatment of Breast Cancer in Young Women—A Featured Population: Results from the NORA Study

Table 7

Type of adjuvant therapy in the young population and in the subgroups stratified by age.

35 (%)36–40 (%)41–45 (%)46–50(%)Total (%)

No therapy1 (1.3)1 (0.6)5 (1.6)6 (1.3)13 (1.3)
HT alone012 (7.4)46 (14.9)93 (20.1)151 (14.9)
CHT alone23 (29.5)39 (23.9)70 (22.7)80 (17.3)212 (20.9)
CHT followed by HT54 (69.2)111 (68.1)187 (60.7)284 (61.3)636 (62.8)