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Table 2 Criteria by step of breast cancer care according to the presence of compliance with Clinical Practices Guidelines (C), justifiable non-compliance (J) or non-compliance (NC) (926 patients)

From: Breast cancer care compared with clinical Guidelines: an observational study in France

 

Compliant

Justifiable

Non-compliant

Total*

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

 

Surgery

       

   Clinical decision

       

Initial

672

(73)

229

(25)

25

(3)

926

Complementary

712

(77)

66

(7)

148

(16)

926

   Procedure

       

≥ 10 lymph nodes

602

(71)

117

(14)

123

(15)

842

Complete resection

716

(78)

_

_

198

(22)

914

Surgical staging

903

(99)

_

_

11

(1)

914

Radiotherapy

       

   Clinical decision

       

Breast or chest

892

(96)

0

(0)

34

(4)

926

Axillary

880

(95)

2

(0)

44

(5)

926

Internal mammary

625

(67)

196

(22)

105

(11)

926

Supraclavicular

627

(68)

165

(18)

134

(14)

926

   Procedure

       

Breast or chest

696

(77)

165

(18)

41

(5)

902

Axillary

38

(73)

8

(15)

6

(11)

52

Internal mammary

376

(74)

111

(22)

20

(4)

507

Supraclavicular

382

(73)

113

(22)

25

(5)

520

Time to radiotherapy

568

(62)

30

(3)

313

(34)

911

Chemotherapy

       

   Clinical decision

550

(59)

235

(25)

141

(15)

926

   Procedure

       

Protocols/cycles

373

(84)

15

(3)

56

(13)

444

Time to chemotherapy

355

(80)

33

(7)

56

(13)

444

Hormonal therapy

       

   Clinical decision

822

(89)

19

(2)

85

(9)

926

   Procedure

616

(92)

29

(4)

25

(4)

670

Multidisciplinary meeting

526

(57)

20

(2)

380

(41)

926

  1. * All patients were concerned by clinical decision criteria. With regard to therapeutic procedure criteria, only patients whose clinical decision gave rise to a therapeutic procedure were concerned.