Multivariable adjusted hazard ratios of all-cause mortality by various definitions of interruption and non-adherence.

<p>Multivariable adjusted hazard ratios of all-cause mortality by various definitions of interruption and non-adherence.</p

Univariate and multivariable adjusted hazard ratios of covariates for all-cause mortality.

<p>Abbreviations: OP = operation; CT = chemotherapy; RT = radiation therapy; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; NTD = New Taiwan Dollar; HT = hormonal therapy; AIs = aromatase inhibitors.</p>a<p>Hazard ratios (95% confident interval) were adjusted for all listed variables in the table as well as residential areas of NHI divisions, year of HT initiation, HT prescription duration and time-dependent covariates.</p>b<p>The income-related insurance payment category set by the Bureau of National Health Insurance in Taiwan.</p>c<p>1 NTD = 0.03 USD in 2012.</p

Patients’ characteristics of persistence vs. interruption and adherence vs. non-adherence to hormone therapy.

<p>Abbreviations: OP = operation; CT = chemotherapy; SD = standard deviation; NTD = New Taiwan Dollar; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; HT = hormonal therapy; AIs = aromatase inhibitors.</p>a<p>Q1: the 25th percentile, Q3: the 75th percentile.</p>b<p>The income-related insurance payment category set by the Bureau of National Health Insurance in Taiwan.</p>c<p>1 NTD = 0.03 USD in 2012.</p

Kaplan-Meier Survival Curves for comparing persistence against interruption and adherence against non-adherence.

<p>Kaplan-Meier Survival Curves for comparing persistence against interruption and adherence against non-adherence.</p

Multivariable adjusted hazard ratios of all-cause mortality for interruption and non-adherence in age and initial treatment strategy subgroups stratified by HT utilization pattern.

<p>Multivariable adjusted hazard ratios of all-cause mortality for interruption and non-adherence in age and initial treatment strategy subgroups stratified by HT utilization pattern.</p

Patients’ characteristics between OP and CT and OP without CT.

<p>Abbreviations: OP = operation; CT = chemotherapy; SD = standard deviation; NTD = New Taiwan Dollar; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; HT = hormonal therapy; AIs = aromatase inhibitors.</p>a<p>Q1: the 25th percentile, Q3: the 75th percentile.</p>b<p>The income-related insurance payment category set by the Bureau of National Health Insurance in Taiwan.</p>c<p>1 NTD = 0.03 USD in 2012.</p

A summary of the general characteristics and biology and management pattern of triple negative breast cancer – young (<70 years) versus older (≥70 years).

<p>A summary of the general characteristics and biology and management pattern of triple negative breast cancer – young (<70 years) versus older (≥70 years).</p

A summary of the clinical outcome of triple negative early operable primary breast cancer- younger (<70) versus older (≥70) patients.

<p>A summary of the clinical outcome of triple negative early operable primary breast cancer- younger (<70) versus older (≥70) patients.</p

A summary of the anti-bodies source, methods and cut-offs to define positivity of the markers used to analyse biology of early operable primary breast cancer in older women.

<p>A summary of the anti-bodies source, methods and cut-offs to define positivity of the markers used to analyse biology of early operable primary breast cancer in older women.</p