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. 2024 Jan 22;26:14. doi: 10.1186/s13058-024-01769-x

Table 2.

Clinicopathologic characteristics of high-risk patients

BRCA mutation (N = 158) BRCAx (N = 815) Not tested (N = 3520) p value
Median age [IQR] 40.5 [35.0;51.0] 39.0 [35.0;50.0] 41.0 [37.0;51.0] < 0.001
Ovary cancer < 0.001
 Yes 7 (4.4%) 15 (1.8%) 16 (0.5%)
 No 151 (95.6%) 800 (98.2%) 3504 (99.5%)
Family history < 0.001
 Yes 116 (73.4%) 421 (51.7%) 761 (21.6%)
 No 40 (25.3%) 386 (47.4%) 2631 (74.7%)
 Unknown 2 (1.3%) 8 (1.0%) 128 (3.6%)
Family history of breast cancer < 0.001
 Yes 103 (65.2%) 403 (49.4%) 667 (18.9%)
 No 53 (33.5%) 404 (49.6%) 2725 (77.4%)
 Unknown 2 (1.3%) 8 (1.0%) 128 (3.6%)
First-degree relative with breast cancer < 0.001
 Yes 79 (50.0%) 336 (41.2%) 457 (13.0%)
 No 76 (48.1%) 471 (57.8%) 2931 (83.3%)
 Unknown 3 (1.9%) 8 (1.0%) 132 (3.8%)
T stage 0.527
 T1 60 (38.0%) 366 (44.9%) 1472 (41.8%)
 T2 83 (52.5%) 376 (46.1%) 1679 (47.7%)
 T3 9 (5.7%) 51 (6.3%) 261 (7.4%)
 T4 5 (3.2%) 21 (2.6%) 101 (2.9%)
 Unknown 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.1%) 7 (0.2%)
N stage 0.603
 N0 78 (49.4%) 445 (54.6%) 1955 (55.5%)
 N1 47 (29.7%) 226 (27.7%) 963 (27.4%)
 N2 19 (12.0%) 90 (11.0%) 402 (11.4%)
 N3 13 (8.2%) 52 (6.4%) 183 (5.2%)
 Unknown 1 (0.6%) 2 (0.2%) 17 (0.5%)
Histologic grade < 0.001
 1 4 (2.5%) 69 (8.5%) 180 (5.1%)
 2 50 (31.6%) 402 (49.3%) 1260 (35.8%)
 3 97 (61.4%) 308 (37.8%) 1834 (52.1%)
 9 7 (4.4%) 36 (4.4%) 246 (7.0%)
Lymphovascular invasion 0.671
 Present 53 (33.5%) 248 (30.4%) 1108 (31.5%)
 None 99 (62.7%) 537 (65.9%) 2250 (63.9%)
 Unknown 6 (3.8%) 30 (3.7%) 162 (4.6%)
Subtype < 0.001
 HR+/HER2− 75 (47.5%) 488 (59.9%) 1457 (41.4%)
 HR+/HER2+ 6 (3.8%) 112 (13.7%) 288 (8.2%)
 HR−/HER2+ 6 (3.8%) 53 (6.5%) 204 (5.8%)
 HR−/HER2− 71 (44.9%) 162 (19.9%) 1571 (44.6%)

 IQR interquartile range, HR hormone receptor