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Table 2 Clinicopathological features for intrinsic subtypes

From: The relevance of the intrinsic subtype to the clinicopathological features and biomarkers in Japanese breast cancer patients

 

All cases

ER/PR+, HER2-

ER/PR+, HER2+

HER2 type

Basal-like

Unclassified

P

Cases (%)

471 (100)

306 (65.0)

41 (8.7)

59 (12.5)

37 (7.9)

28 (5.9)

 

Mean age at diagnosis (years)

57.3 ±12.6

57.1 ±12.9

55.2 ±8.7

58.5 ±12.0

57.6 ±13.7

59.9 ±13.8

0.57 (Analysis of variance)

Menopausal status at diagnosis

0.8

(Fisher)

Premenopausal

169 (35.9)

115 (37.6)

15 (36.6)

18 (30.5)

11 (29.7)

10 (35.7)

Postmenopausal

302 (64.1)

191 (62.4)

26 (63.4)

41 (69.5)

26 (70.3)

18 (64.3)

Stage

0.1 (Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel)

0

57 (12.1)

41 (13.4)

2 (4.9)

8 (13.6)

1 (2.7)

5 (17.9)

I

138 (29.3)

97 (31.7)

16 (39.0)

9 (15.2)

9 (24.3)

7 (25.0)

IIA, IIB

232 (49.3)

139 (45.4)

19 (46.3)

34 (57.6)

24 (64.9)

16 (57.1)

IIIA, IIIB, IIIC

40 (8.5)

27 (8.8)

4 (9.8)

7 (11.9)

2 (5.4)

0 (0)

IV

4 (0.8)

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

1 (1.7)

1 (2.7)

0 (0)

Histological type

<0.01 (Fisher)

Papillotubular carcinoma

94 (20.0)

49 (16.0)

13 (31.7)

18 (30.5)

7 (18.9)

7 (28.0)

Solid-tubular carcinoma

83 (17.6)

36 (11.8)

6 (14.6)

14 (23.7)

23 (62.2)

4 (14.3)

Scirrhous carcinoma

194 (41.2)

145 (47.4)

19 (46.4)

18 (30.5)

3 (8.1)

9 (32.1)

Noninvasive carcinoma, Paget’s disease

65 (13.8)

49 (16.0)

2 (4.9)

8 (13.6)

1 (2.7)

5 (17.9)

Others

35 (7.4)

27 (8.8)

1 (2.4)

1 (1.7)

3 (8.1)

3 (10.7)

Histological type (invasive ductal carcinoma only)

<0.01 (Fisher)

Papillotubular carcinoma

94 (25.3)

49 (21.3)

13 (34.2)

18 (36.0)

7 (21.2)

7 (35.0)

Solid-tubular carcinoma

83 (22.4)

36 (15.7)

6 (15.8)

14 (28.0)

23 (69.7)

4 (20.0)

Scirrhous carcinoma

194 (52.3)

145 (63.0)

19 (50.0)

18 (36.0)

3 (9.1)

9 (45.0)

Lymphatic invasion

0.31 (Fisher)

Positive

269 (57.1)

169 (55.2)

27 (65.9)

31 (52.5)

26 (70.3)

16 (57.1)

Negative

202 (42.9)

137 (44.8)

14 (34.1)

28 (47.5)

11 (29.7)

12 (42.9)

Blood vessel invasion

0.19 (Fisher)

Positive

33 (7.0)

18 (5.9)

4 (9.8)

8 (13.6)

1 (2.7)

2 (7.1)

Negative

438 (93.0)

288 (94.1)

37 (90.2)

51 (86.4)

36 (97.3)

26 (92.9)

Lymph node metastases (Level I)

0.62 (Fisher)

Positive

88 (18.7)

59 (19.3)

7 (17.1)

14 (23.7)

5 (13.5)

3 (10.7)

Negative

383 (81.3)

247 (80.7)

34 (82.9)

45 (76.3)

32 (86.5)

25 (89.3)

Lymph node metastases (Level II)

0.97 (Fisher)

Positive

30 (6.4)

19 (6.2)

3 (7.3)

4 (6.8)

2 (5.4)

2 (7.1)

Negative

441 (93.6)

287 (93.8)

38 (92.7)

55 (93.2)

35 (94.6)

26 (92.9)

Lymph node metastases (Level III)

0.56 (Fisher)

Positive

16 (3.4)

11 (3.6)

3 (7.3)

1 (1.7)

1 (2.7)

0 (0)

Negative

455 (96.6)

295 (96.4)

38 (92.7)

58 (98.3)

36 (97.3)

28 (100)

 

Invasive carcinoma cases

ER /PR +, HER2-

ER/PR +, HER2+

HER2 type

Basal- like

Unclassified

P

Cases (%)

406 (100%)

257 (63.3%)

39 (9.6%)

51 (12.6%)

36 (8.9%)

23 (5.7%)

 

Tumor size

0.54 (Fisher)

≤ 2.0 cm

272 (67.0)

179 (69.6)

24 (61.5)

32 (62.7)

24 (66.7)

13 (56.5)

>2.0 cm

134 (33.0)

78 (30.4)

15 (38.5)

19 (37.3)

12 (33.3)

10 (43.5)

Histological grade (total score)

<0.01 (Fisher)

Grade I

200 (49.3)

148 (57.6)

21 (53.8)

14 (27.4)

5 (13.9)

12 (52.2)

Grade II or III

201 (49.5)

106 (41.2)

18 (46.2)

36 (70.6)

31 (86.1)

10 (43.5)

Unknown

5 (1.2)

3 (1.2)

0 (0)

1 (2.0)

0 (0)

1 (4.3)