Research Article

A Single-Center 18-Year Series of 73 Cases of Metaplastic Carcinoma of the Breast

Table 4

Survival analyses, disease-free survival (DFS).

DFS (%)

5-year DFS rate60.2
Pathological T0.0002
 pT170.6
 pT265.5
 pT3-420.0
Pathological N0.157
 pN064.4
 pN+42.9
Chemotherapy0.004
 Yes70.2
 No35.3
Chemotherapy type0.001
 Adjuvant77.0
 Neoadjuvant50.0
Radiotherapy0.191
 Yes65.1
 No45.7
Surgery type0.0002
 Mastectomy38.1
 Breast-conserving surgery81.4
Pathological subtype, grouped0.459
 Nonmixed66.9
 Mixed48.2