Clinical features and pathological parameters | Reaching pCR (n = 138) | Not reaching pCR (n = 93) | pCR rate (%) | t/ × 2 | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age ((\(\overline{x}\) ± s), year) | 46.28 ± 9.37 | 49.32 ± 11.73 |  | 1.644a | 0.138 |
Clinical staging before treatment | Â | Â | Â | 3.008 | 0.222 |
 cT1 | 21 | 10 | 67.74 |  |  |
 cT2 | 87 | 69 | 55.77 |  |  |
 cT3 | 30 | 14 | 68.18 |  |  |
Lymph node status before treatment | Â | Â | Â | 0.188 | 0.664 |
 positive | 70 | 50 | 58.33 |  |  |
 negative | 68 | 43 | 61.26 |  |  |
Chemotherapy | Â | Â | Â | 0.541 | 0.763 |
 AC✖4-T✖4/T✖4-AC✖4 | 97 | 68 | 58.79 |  |  |
 TCb✖6 | 20 | 11 | 64.52 |  |  |
 T✖6 | 21 | 14 | 60.00 |  |  |
TNM classification |  |  |  | 26.913 |  < 0.001 |
 II | 115 | 48 | 70.55 |  |  |
 III | 23 | 45 | 33.82 |  |  |
Pathological grading of puncture before treatment | Â | Â | Â | 6.307b | 0.043 |
 I | 19 | 4 | 82.61 |  |  |
 II | 101 | 69 | 59.41 |  |  |
 III | 18 | 20 | 47.37 |  |  |
ER |  |  |  | 15.371 |  < 0.001 |
 positive | 82 | 29 | 73.87 |  |  |
 negative | 56 | 64 | 46.67 |  |  |
PR | Â | Â | Â | 8.859 | 0.003 |
 positive | 97 | 46 | 67.83 |  |  |
 negative | 41 | 47 | 46.59 |  |  |
HER2 | Â | Â | Â | 4.748 | 0.029 |
 positive | 69 | 33 | 67.65 |  |  |
 negative | 69 | 60 | 53.49 |  |  |
EGFR | Â | Â | Â | 5.131 | 0.024 |
 positively | 62 | 28 | 68.89 |  |  |
 negative | 76 | 65 | 53.90 |  |  |
Ki-67 | Â | Â | Â | 11.519 | 0.001 |
 high expression | 28 | 38 | 42.42 |  |  |
 low expression | 110 | 55 | 66.67 |  |  |
CDK4 |  |  |  | 36.987 |  < 0.001 |
 positively | 39 | 64 | 37.86 |  |  |
 negative | 99 | 29 | 77.34 |  |  |
Breast cancer subtype | Â | Â | Â | 8.696 | 0.013 |
 triple-negative breast cancer | 25 | 20 | 55.56 |  |  |
 triple-positive breast cancer | 23 | 4 | 85.19 |  |  |
 other types | 90 | 69 | 56.60 |  |  |
NACT |  |  |  | 27.171 |  < 0.001 |
 effective (CR + PR) | 123 | 57 | 68.33 |  |  |
 ineffective (SD + PD) | 15 | 36 | 29.41 |  |  |
Family history of cancer | Â | Â | Â | 0.235 | 0.628 |
 Yes | 31 | 21 | 59.62 |  |  |
 No | 107 | 72 | 59.78 |  |  |