Role of High-Dose Adjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Locally Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Chart Review

Table 2

Treatment outcomes.

	Total N = 29
Progressed
No	19 (66%)
Yes	10 (34%)
Site of recurrence
Axillary lymph nodes	5 (17%)
Others^∗	2 (7%)
Unknown	3 (10%)
Status
Alive	12 (41%)
Deceased	17 (59%)
Cause of death
Breast cancer	8 (28%)
Treatment (x)	1 (3%)
Others (t)	8 (31%)

^∗Other sites of recurrence include breast, lung, supraclavicular, and infraclavicular lymph nodes. (x) Treatment-related death was due to capecitabine related toxicity. (t) Other causes of death include cardiovascular disease (2), liver failure (1), stroke (1), tick-borne viral encephalitis (2), vocal cord paralysis (1), and pneumonitis (1).