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            Medicine and Oncology                                     Zercepac  + pyrotinib versus pertuzumab in HER2+ BC
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            Table 1. Baseline characteristics
            Variable                                              Chemotherapy regimen                    p
                                                  TCbH          TCbHP         TCbHPy         THP
            BMI (kg/m ; mean±standard deviation)  24.96±2.99   23.99±2.89    24.12±2.82    24.41±3.69    0.776
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            Age (years)
             ≤50                                  5 (31.3)      14 (48.3)      2 (25)       4 (44.4)     0.575
             >50                                  11 (68.8)     15 (51.7)      6 (75)       5 (55.6)
            cT
             1                                     0 (0)         1 (3.4)       0 (0)         0 (0)       0.773
             2                                    13 (81.3)     22 (75.9)     7 (87.5)       9 (100)
             3                                    3 (18.8)      6 (20.7)      1 (12.5)       0 (0)
            cN
             0                                    11 (68.8)     21 (72.4)     3 (37.5)      8 (88.9)     0.072
             1                                    2 (12.5)      7 (24.1)       4 (50)        0 (0)
             2                                    2 (12.5)       0 (0)        1 (12.5)      1 (11.1)
             3                                     1 (6.3)       1 (3.4)       0 (0)         0 (0)
            cTNM
             IIa                                  9 (56.3)      19 (65.5)     3 (37.5)      8 (88.9)     0.231
             IIb                                   4 (25)       8 (27.6)       4 (50)        0 (0)
             IIIa                                 2 (12.5)       1 (3.4)      1 (12.5)      1 (11.1)
             IIIb                                  0 (0)         1 (3.4)       0 (0)         0 (0)
             IIIc                                  1 (6.3)       0 (0)         0 (0)         0 (0)
            Histological grade
             II                                   13 (81.3)     28 (96.6)     7 (87.5)      7 (87.5)     0.265
             III                                  3 (18.8)       1 (3.4)      1 (12.5)      1 (12.5)
            HR
             Negative                             12 (75)       19 (65.5)      6 (75)       3 (33.3)     0.196
             Positive                              4 (25)       10 (34.5)      2 (25)       6 (66.7)
            Menstrual status
             Pre-menopausal                       5 (31.3)      11 (39.3)      2 (25)       4 (44.4)     0.823
             Post-menopausal                      11 (68.8)     17 (60.7)      6 (75)       5 (55.6)
            BNAT Ki-67
             ≤20%                                 2 (12.5)      3 (10.3)       0 (0)        2 (22.2)     0.609
             >20%                                 14 (87.5)     26 (89.7)      8 (100)      7 (77.8)
            Notes: Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise specified; Body mass index (BMI) was categorized according to Chinese adult standards :
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            Normal: 18.5 – 23.9 kg/m ; Overweight: 24.0 – 26.9 kg/m ; Obese: ≥27.0 kg/m . 2
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            Abbreviations: BNAT: Baseline assessment before neoadjuvant chemotherapy; cN: Clinical lymph node staging (American Joint Committee on Cancer
            [AJCC] 8  edition); cT: Clinical tumor size staging (AJCC 8  edition); cTNM: Tumor-node-metastasis classification stage; HR: Hormone receptor;
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            Ki-67: Antigen Kiel 67; TCbH: Docetaxel + carboplatin + trastuzumab; TCbHP: Docetaxel + carboplatin + trastuzumab + pertuzumab; TCbHPy:
            Docetaxel+carboplatin + trastuzumab + pyrotinib; THP: Docetaxel + trastuzumab + pertuzumab.
            4. Discussion                                      HER2  targeted  drug  trastuzumab  significantly  improved
                                                               outcomes for patients with this subtype, marking a
            Breast cancer has entered the era of precision treatment,   milestone in  its treatment.  The neoadjuvant treatment
            with clinical strategies tailored to individual patients   combining trastuzumab (H) and pertuzumab (P) has
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            based on different molecular subtypes.  In the past,   further  transformed  the  prognosis  for  HER2-positive
            HER2-positive breast cancer was associated with the   breast cancer. The dual-target regimen not only increases
            poorest prognosis. However, the advent of the  anti-  the  tpCR  rate  but  also  improves  survival.   The  large-
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