Epithelial Cell Dissemination and Readhesion: Analysis of Factors Contributing to Metastasis Formation in Breast Cancer

Table 2

Tumor characteristics of patients in complete remission and relapsed patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Neoadjuvant patients total 60
	CR				Relapse
		Decrease	Increase			Decrease	Increase
Patients	44	13	31	Patients	16	0	16
𝑇 1	11	2	9	𝑇 1	4	0	4
𝑇>1	31	9	22	𝑇>1	12	0	12
𝑇 n.a.	2	2	0	𝑇 n.a.
𝑁 0	24	7	17	𝑁 0	4	0	4
𝑁>0	18	5	13	𝑁>0	12	0	12
𝑁 n.a.	2	1	1	𝑁 n.a.
𝑀 0	44	13	31	𝑀 0	16	0	16
ER pos	21	3	18	ER pos	11	0	11
ER neg	21	9	12	ER neg	5	0	5
ER n.a.	2	1	1	ER n.a.
HER2/neu pos	22	9	13	HER2/neu pos	6	0	6
HER2/neu neg	19	3	19	HER2/neu neg	10	0	10
HER2/neu n.a	3	1	2	HER2/neu n.a.	0	0	0

(𝑇: Tumor size, 𝑁: Lymphnodes, 𝑀: Metastases, ER: Estrogen receptor, n.a.: not analysed, CR = complete remission).