Characteristic | Training cohort | Validation cohort | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pCR (No, %) | Non-pCR (No, %) | pa | pCR (No, %) | Non-pCR (No, %) | pa | |
Median age (range) | 47 (28–70) | 53 (30–66) | 0.045 | 50 (26–72) | 50 (27–62) | 0.973 |
T stageb | Â | Â | 0.234 | Â | Â | 0.108 |
 T1 | 6 (10.9) | 3 (9.1) |  | 7 (31.8) | 0 (0) |  |
 T2 | 36 (65.5) | 21 (63.6) | 9 (40.9) | 10 (71.4) | ||
 T3 | 11 (20) | 4 (12.1) | 5 (22.7) | 3 (21.4) | ||
 T4 | 2 (3.6) | 5 (15.2) | 1 (4.6) | 1 (7.2) 90 | ||
N stageb | Â | Â | 0.082 | Â | Â | 0.261 |
 N0 | 26 (47.3) | 11 (33.3) |  | 1 (4.5) | 3 (21.4) |  |
 N1 | 19 (34.5) | 10 (30.3) | 20 (90.9) | 10 (71.4) | ||
 N2 | 9 (16.4) | 7 (21.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
 N3 | 1 (1.8) | 5 (15.2) | 1 (4.6) | 1 (7.2) | ||
Overall stageb | Â | Â | 0.486 | Â | Â | 0.693 |
 I | 1 (1.8) | 1 (3.0) |  | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
 II | 37 (67.3) | 18 (54.6) | 16 (72.7) | 11 (78.6) | ||
 III | 17 (30.9) | 14 (42.4) | 6 (17.3) | 3 (21.4) | ||
Chemo-IM regimen | Â | Â | 0.811 | Â | Â | 0.152 |
NACI regimen | Â | Â | 0.296 | Â | Â | 1.000 |
 Nab-pac/Carbo + anti-PD1 | 21 (38.2) | 9 (27.3) |  | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
 EC-TCb + anti-PD1 | 34 (31.8) | 24 (72.7) |  | 22 (100) | 14 (100) |  |
Pathological Gradec | Â | Â | 0.013 | Â | Â | 0.014 |
 I–II | 16 (29.1) | 17 (56.7) |  | 1 (4.5) | 5 (35.7) |  |
 III | 39 (70.9) | 13 (43.3) | 21 (95.5) | 9 (64.3) | ||
Median Ki67 (range) | 75 (20–95) | 62.5 (10–95) | 0.024 | 45 (20–95) | 60 (20–90) | 0.711 |
Surgery | Â | Â | 0.144 | Â | Â | 0.755 |
 BCS + SLNB | 11 (20) | 1 (3.0) |  | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
 BCS + ALND | 8 (14.5) | 7 (21.2) |  | 9 (40.9) | 5 (35.7) |  |
 Mastectomy + SLNB | 14 (25.5) | 8 (24.2) |  | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
 Mastectomy + ALND | 12 (21.8) | 10 (30.3) |  | 13 (59.1) | 9 (64.3) |  |
 NSM + SLNB | 3 (5.5) | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
 NSM + ALND | 7 (12.7) | 7 (21.2) |  | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |