Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study patients

Characteristic
Number of patients

Patients in study

     Total enrolled
47
     Total completing treatment
44
Clinical stage pretreatment

     Stage IIB
15
     Stage IIIA
12
     Stage IIIB
16
Clinical response

     Complete
12
     Partial
20
     Stable disease
12
Pathologic response

     Complete
4
     Partial
23
     Stable disease
17

Nolen et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R45   doi:10.1186/bcr2096