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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by HER2 status in 458 women with a primary DCIS

From: The prognostic role of HER2 expression in ductal breast carcinoma in situ (DCIS); a population-based cohort study

Characteristics

All

HER2 positive

HER2 negative

 

HER2 missing

(n = 458)

(n = 132)

(n = 288)

(n = 38)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P-valuea

n (%)

 Age (years) mean (n = 458)

58.6

57.4

59.2

0.13

58.8

Detection mode (n = 457)

     

 Screening

345 (75.5 %)

108 (81.8 %)

210 (73.2 %)

 

27 (71.1 %)

 Clinically

112 (24.5 %)

24 (18.2 %)

77 (26.8 %)

0.05

11 (28.9 %)

Type of Surgery (n = 457)

     

 BCS

359 (78.6 %)

98 (74.2 %)

233 (81.2 %)

 

28 (73.7 %)

 Mastectomy

98 (21.4 %)

34 (25.8 %)

54 (18.8 %)

0.11

10 (26.3 %)

Radiotherapy (n = 359)

     

 Yes

158 (44.0 %)

49 (50.0 %)

100 (42.9 %)

 

9 (32.1 %)

 No

201 (56.0 %)

49 (50.0 %)

133 (57.1 %)

0.32

19 (67.9 %)

Tumor size (mm) (n = 409)

     

  ≤ 25

294 (71.9 %)

68 (61.3 %)

203 (77.2 %)

 

23 (65.7 %)

  > 25 or multifocal

115 (28.1 %)

43 (38.7 %)

60 (22.8 %)

0.002

12 (34.3 %)

Nuclear grade (n = 458)

     

 Grade 1

42 (9.2 %)

1 (0.8 %)

34 (11.8 %)

 

7 (18.4 %)

 Grade 2

176 (38.4 %)

20 (15.1 %)

145 (50.3 %)

 

11 (28.9 %)

 Grade 3

240 (52.4 %)

111 (84.1 %)

109 (37.8 %)

<0.001

20 (52.6 %)

ER status (n = 419)

     

 Positive

307 (73.3 %)

59 (45.7 %)

243 (86.5 %)

 

5 (55.6 %)

 Negative

112 (26.7 %)

70 (54.3 %)

38 (13.5 %)

<0.001

4 (44.4 %)

PR status (n = 409)

     

 Positive

213 (52.1 %)

35 (28.2 %)

175 (62.9 %)

 

4 (57.1 %)

 Negative

196 (47.93 %)

89 (71.8 %)

103 (37.1 %)

<0.001

3 (42.9 %)

  1. BCS breast conserving surgery, RT postoperative radiotherapy
  2. aComparisons between HER2-negative and HER2-positive DCIS were made by χ2-test, except for age and size that was compared by T-test