Research Article

Effectiveness and Safety of Zercepac and Reference Trastuzumab in the Neoadjuvant Setting for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

CharacteristicTotal (N = 105)Zercepac (n = 65)Reference trastuzumab (n = 40)P

Age, years, mean ± SD48.73 ± 9.1148.48 ± 9.2849.15 ± 8.930.715

Sex, n (%)
 Female105 (100.0)65 (100.0)40 (100.0)
 Male000

BMI, kg/m2, median (range)23.20 (19.40, 26.50)22.40 (19.40, 26.50)23.40 (19.62, 26.47)0.877

Menstruation situation, n (%)0.658
 Premenopausal47 (44.8)28 (43.1)19 (47.5)
 Postmenopausal58 (55.2)37 (56.9)21 (52.5)

Histological typing, n (%)
 Invasive carcinoma105 (100.0)65 (100.0)40 (100.0)
 Other000

Histological grading, n (%)0.060
 Grade 15 (4.8)3 (4.6)2 (5.0)
 Grade 235 (33.3)27 (41.5)8 (20.0)
 Grade 365 (61.9)35 (53.8)30 (75.0)

Time from diagnosis to trastuzumab treatment, days, media (range)6 (4, 9)6 (4, 12)6 (4, 8)0.691

HER2 status, n (%)
 -000
 +105 (100.0)65 (100.0)40 (100.0)

ER status, n (%)0.728
 -45 (42.9)27 (41.5)18 (45.0)
 +60 (57.1)38 (58.5)22 (55.0)

PR status, n (%)0.059
 -67 (63.8)46 (70.8)21 (52.5)
 +38 (36.2)19 (29.2)19 (47.5)

Molecular typing, n (%)0.799
 HER2+HR-41 (39.0)26 (40.0)15 (37.5)
 HER2+HR+64 (61.0)39 (60.0)25 (62.5)

Ki67, %, median (range)40.00 (40.00, 60.00)50.00 (40.00, 60.00)40.00 (30.00, 50.00)0.026
Maximum tumor diameter, mm, median (range)24.00 (18.00, 33.00)24.00 (18.00, 34.00)22.00 (18.75, 32.00)0.815
NLR, median (range)2.67 (1.78, 3.56)2.57 (1.88, 3.56)2.72 (1.64, 3.48)0.779
PLR, median (range)179.41 (137.73, 219.43)174.61 (137.28, 218.39)191.96 (139.06, 228.33)0.409

BMI—Body mass index; HER2—human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; ER—estrogen receptors; PR—progesterone receptors; NLR—neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR—platelet-lymphocyte ratio; SD—standard deviation.