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Table 3 Characteristics of CTC-positive patients

From: Determination of the androgen receptor status of circulating tumour cells in metastatic breast cancer patients

Patient

Menopausal status

IHC tumour type

Number of previously received treatment linesa

Metastatic site

CTC count

AR positive CTC (%)

AR localization

1

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

1

bone visceral

101

84 (83)

cytoplasm/nucleus

2

premenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

bone

13

7 (54)

cytoplasm

3

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

2

bone visceral

10

3 (30)

cytoplasm

4

postmenopausal

HR+

HER2-

2

bone

9

0 (0)

5

premenopausal

TNBC

0

bone visceral

8

1 (12)

cytoplasm

6

premenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

bone

7

7 (100)

nucleus

7

unknown

HR+ HER2-

0

unknown

4

3 (75)

cytoplasm

8

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

4

bone visceral

4

3 (75)

cytoplasm

9

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

bone

3

1 (33)

cytoplasm

10

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

7

bone

3

3 (100)

cytoplasm

11

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

visceral

3

3 (100)

cytoplasm

12

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

3

bone visceral

3

0 (0)

13

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

4

bone visceral

3

0 (0)

14

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

1

bone visceral

3

0 (0)

15

unknown

HR+ HER2+

2

visceral

3

0 (0)

16

premenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

bone lymph nodes

3

0 (0)

17

premenopausal

TNBC

1

bone visceral

2

1 (50)

nucleus

18

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

1

bone

2

0

19

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

2

bone visceral

2

0

20

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

2

bone visceral

2

0

21

postmenopausal

TNBC

0

visceral

2

0

22

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

2

bone lymph nodes

2

0

23

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

2

bone

2

0

24

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

1

bone visceral

2

0

25

premenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

bone

2

0

26

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

1

bone visceral

1

1 (100)-

nucleus

27

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

bone visceral

1

1 (100)

nucleus

28

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

3

bone visceral

1

1 (100)

cytoplasm

29

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

Lymph nodes

1

1 (100)

nucleus

30

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

7

Bone lymph nodes

1

1 (100)

cytoplasm

31

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

visceral

1

0

32

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

bone visceral

1

0

33

premenopausal

TNBC

1

visceral

1

0

34

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

visceral

1

0

35

postmenopausal

HR+ HER2-

0

visceral

1

0

36

postmenopausal

TNBC

1

bone visceral

1

0

37

postmenopausal

TNBC

2

visceral

1

0

  1. afor metastatic disease