Surgery Should Complement Endocrine Therapy for Elderly Postmenopausal Women with Hormone Receptor-Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Table 2

Choice of endocrine therapy and initial response to endocrine therapy.

	Study group “n” (%)	Control group “n” (%)	𝑃 value
Anastrozole	2 (7)	6 (26)
Letrozole	17 (61)	13 (57)
Tamoxifen	9 (32)	4 (17)
Complete response	5 (18)	0 (0)	NS
Partial response	10 (36)	17 (74)	NS
Stable disease	11 (39)	3 (13)	NS
Progressive disease	2 (7)	3 (13)	NS

*NS: nonspecific.