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 rate	60.2	—
Pathological T		0.0002
pT1	70.6
pT2	65.5
pT3-4	20.0
Pathological N		0.157
pN0	64.4
pN+	42.9
Chemotherapy		0.004
Yes	70.2
No	35.3
Chemotherapy type		0.001
Adjuvant	77.0
Neoadjuvant	50.0
Radiotherapy		0.191
Yes	65.1
No	45.7
Surgery type		0.0002
Mastectomy	38.1
Breast-conserving surgery	81.4
Pathological subtype, grouped		0.459
Nonmixed	66.9
Mixed	48.2