Research Article

The Differential Contribution of the Innate Immune System to a Good Pathological Response in the Breast and Axillary Lymph Nodes Induced by Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Women with Large and Locally Advanced Breast Cancers

Table 12

Alteration of blood PMN neutrophils in women with LLABCs undergoing NAC.

GroupPre-NAC median (range)(3)Post-NAC median (range)(3) value(4) (pre- versus post-NAC)

Blood PMNs ()4.09 (1.80–11.30)3.20 (0.03–8.73)<0.001

LLABCs: large and locally advanced breast cancers; NAC: neoadjuvant chemotherapy; (3)×109 cells/litre; (4)Wilcoxon signed-rank test; statistically significant.