A specific gene expression signature for visceral organ metastasis in breast cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Distribution of metastatic behavior among molecular subtypes

		bone metastasis		visceral metastasis		metastasis timeline^a		time to develop metastasis^b	time to last event^c
		yes	no	yes	no	early	late	time to develop metastasis^b	time to last event^c
Molecular subtype	Luminal A	54	11	41	24	48	18	45	37
	Luminal B	33	10	35	8	33	10	41	40
	HER2 like	10	8	14	4	15	3	35	21
	Basal type	10	14	21	3	20	4	26	21
	Normal like	1	0	1	0	1	0	10	1
		p .001		p .090		p .749		p .052	p .001

^acut-off point, 5 years
^btime from surgery date to the development of first metastasis in months
^ctime from development of first metastasis to the last event (death/last follow-up) in months

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