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. 2023 Jul 21;6:760. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05124-2

Table 1.

Patient and sample characteristics.

Characteristics Samples
BRBMET2 BRBMET3 BRBMET 87 LUBMET7 LUBMET1
Patient
  Age 41 55 56 63 46
  Gender F F F F F
  Race, n (%) B W W W W
Pathology
  Tissue Type Tumor Tumor Tumor Tumor Adjacent Tumor
  Primary Tumor
   Site Breast Breast Breast Lung Lung
   Subtype Invasive ductal carcinoma, Nottingham grade 3 Unknown* Invasive ductal carcinoma with micropapillary features, Nottingham grade 3 Not sampled Adenocarcinoma
   Molecular Feature ER negative, PR negative, HER2 negative by IHC ER negative, PR negative, HER2 negative* ER positive (2%; weak intensity), PR positive (5%; strong intensity), HER2 amplification by FISH Not sampled Negative for rearrangements of ALK and ROS1 by FISH; EGFR mutation negative
  Brain Metastasis
   Site Left occipital lobe Cerebellum Left cerebellum Left frontal lobe Cerebellum
   Characteristics ER negative, PR negative, HER2 IHC 2+; Amplification of Her2 detected by FISH ER negative PR negative, HER2 negative by IHC Micropapillary type; ER positive (2%; weak to intermediate intensity), PR negative, HER2 3+ by IHC Not applicable Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; ROS1 rearrangement positive by FISH; ALK FISH negative, EGFR mutation negative

Samples from five patients diagnosed with brain metastasis of breast and lung origins are included. Fresh remnant tumor tissues are collected for single-cell RNA-sequencing.

ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, IHC immunohistochemistry, FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization.