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Table 1 Tumor and patient characteristics stratified by different groups

From: Clinical characteristics and disease outcomes in ER+ breast cancer: a comparison between HER2+ patients treated with trastuzumab and HER2- patients

Characteristics

Total

n = 3761 (%)

HER2-neg

n = 3313 (%)

HER2-pos-T

n = 448 (%)

P value

Age (y/o)

55 (46–64)

56 (46–65)

51 (44–59)

<  0.001

Menstrual status

   

<  0.001

Pre/Peri-

1562 (41.5)

1333 (40.2)

229 (51.1)

 

Post-

2199 (58.5)

1980 (59.8)

219 (48.9)

 

Histology type

   

<  0.001

IDC

3085 (82.0)

2679 (80.9)

406 (90.6)

 

Non-IDC

676 (18.0)

634 (19.1)

42 (9.4)

 

Histological grade

   

<  0.001

I/II

2395 (63.7)

164 (65.4)

231 (51.6)

 

III

796 (21.2)

614 (18.5)

182 (40.6)

 

NA

570 (15.1)

535 (16.1)

38 (7.8)

 

Tumor size

   

<  0.001

≤ 2.0 cm

2251 (59.5)

2039 (61.5)

212 (47.3)

 

>  2.0 cm

1510 (40.1)

1274 (38.5)

236 (52.7)

 

ALN status

   

0.002

Negative

2415 (64.2)

2157 (65.1)

258 (57.6)

 

Positive

1346 (35.8)

1156 (34.9)

190 (42.4)

 

LVI

   

<  0.001

No

3477 (92.4)

3091 (93.3)

386 (86.2)

 

Yes

284 (7.6)

222 (6.7)

62 (13.8)

 

ER

   

<  0.001

1–9%

113 (3.0)

66 (2.0)

47 (10.5)

 

10–49%

494 (13.1)

389 (11.7)

105 (23.4)

 

≥ 50%

3154 (83.9)

2858 (86.3)

296 (66.1)

 

PR

   

<  0.001

<  20%

1671 (44.4)

1363 (41.1)

308 (68.8)

 

≥ 20%

2090 (55.6)

1950 (58.9)

140 (31.3)

 

Ki-67

   

<  0.001

<  14%

1745 (46.4)

1679 (50.7)

66 (14.7)

 

≥ 14%

2016 (53.6)

1634 (49.3)

382 (85.3)

 
  1. HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; BCS, breast-conserving surgery; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; ALN, axillary lymph node; LVI, lymph-vascular invasion; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; y/o, years old