Table 2 |
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Rates of breast cancer relapse and hazard ratios related to dose intensity of chemotherapy |
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| Subset |
Dose intensity of chemotherapy |
No radiation (%) |
Radiation (%) |
Hazard ratio (DFS) |
|
|
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| Arriagada and colleagues [20] |
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| Node-negative |
0.0 |
59 |
47 |
0.70 |
| Node-positive |
82 |
67 |
0.65 |
|
| Overgaard and colleagues [2] |
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| N1 to N3 |
0.4 |
53 |
37 |
0.61 |
| N4+ |
76 |
60 |
0.64 |
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| Ragaz and colleagues [1] |
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| N1 to N3 |
0.6 |
48 |
36 |
0.68 |
| N4+ |
83 |
62 |
0.55 |
|
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Absolute and relative rates of breast cancer relapse (%) and hazard ratios related to the dose intensity of chemotherapy. N1 to N3, one to three axillary nodes involved; (N4+), four or more axillary nodes involved. DFS, first event breast cancer recurrence (or any death). |
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Ragaz Breast Cancer Research 2009 11(Suppl 3):S14 doi:10.1186/bcr2433 |
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