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Table 4 Distribution of breast cancer subtypes in different ethnicities and in different geographical areas of China, %

From: Distinct distribution and prognostic significance of molecular subtypes of breast cancer in Chinese women: a population-based cohort study

References

Ethnicity

Luminal A

Luminal B

HER2

All HER2+*

Triple-negative

Unclassified

Total No.

Carey, et al [4]

AA

47.4

12.8

8.2

20.9

26.5

5.1

196

 

Caucasian

54.0

17.3

5.7

23.0

16.0

7.0

300

Yang, et al [23]

Polish

68.0

14.0

5.0

19.0

13.0

 

1985

Varcone, et al [22]

Italy

68.7

6.0

7.6

13.6

11.8

6.0

804

Parise, et al [8]

Non-Hispanic White

67.1

15.1

6.2

21.3

11.6

 

39051

 

Non-Hispanic Black

48.9

14.2

9.8

24.0

27.0

 

2936

 

Hispanic

56.2

16.5

9.7

26.2

17.6

 

7673

 

Asian/Pacific Islander

59.3

18.5

9.9

28.4

12.3

 

5215

 

Other

65.1

14.3

5.4

19.7

15.2

 

315

Telli, et al [9]

Non-Hispanic White

69.6

  

18.7

11.7

 

60498

 

Non-Hispanic Black

51.1

  

22.7

26.2

 

5292

 

Hispanic

58.1

  

24.9

17.0

 

14106

 

Japanese

69.9

  

19.5

10.7

 

1136

 

Chinese

63.5

  

25.6

10.8

 

2305

 

Filipino

59.2

  

30.7

10.1

 

2802

 

Korean

49.4

  

36.0

14.6

 

628

 

Vietnamese

56.6

  

29.3

14.1

 

663

 

South Asian

59.2

  

23.1

17.7

 

606

 

Other Asian**

58.2

  

28.9

12.9

 

973

Yin, Liu, Lin, et al [10–12]

Chinese (Shanghai)

50.4

  

31.1

18.5

 

4787

Xing, Zhao, et al [13, 14]

Chinese (Tianjin)

53.7

14.0

11.8

25.8

20.5

 

3237

Lin, et al [28]

Chinese (Taiwan)

61.8

8.8

11.8

20.5

12.8

4.9

1028

Su, et al (this study)

Chinese (Shanghai)

48.6

16.7

13.7

30.4

12.9

8.1

2791

  1. *All HER2+ tumors include luminal B and HER2 subtypes
  2. **Includes women of Asian Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi ethnicity