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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep 3;30(12):6990–6999. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14141-8

TABLE 4.

UVA of factors associated with bilateral disease

Characteristic Unilateral disease
(n = 116)
Bilateral disease
(n = 22)
p-value
Race   0.6
   Asian   12 (11%)   2 (9.1%)
   Black   14 (13%)   1 (4.5%)
   Other   5 (4.7%)   2 (9.1%)
   White   76 (71%)   17 (77%)
   Unknown   9   0
Menopausal status   0.036
   Pre- and peri-menopausal   91 (78%)   12 (55%)
   Postmenopausal   25 (22%)   10 (45%)
Gene   0.3
   ATM   38 (33%)   11 (50%)
   CHEK2   49 (42%)   8 (36%)
   PALB2   25 (22%)   2 (9.1%)
   Multiple mutations   4 (3.4%)   1 (4.5%)
Alteration   0.3
   Pathogenic   40 (34%)   11 (50%)
   VUS   76 (66%)   11 (50%)
First-degree relative with breast cancer   28 (24%)   8 (36%)   0.4
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy   48 (42%)   5 (23%)   0.2
   Unknown   1   0
Adjuvant chemotherapy   46 (40%)   6 (27%)   0.4
Histology   0.046
   IDC   88 (76%)   11 (50%)
   ILC   11 (9.5%)   6 (27%)
   Invasive/other   4 (3.4%)   1 (4.5%)
   DCIS   13 (11%)   4 (18%)
Receptor status   0.2
   HR+/HER2−   52 (50%)   13 (72%)
   HER2+   26 (25%)   4 (22%)
   Triple negative   25 (24%)   1 (5.6%)
   Unknown   13   4
Clinical T stage   0.5
   T0/Tis   25 (22%)   8 (38%)
   T1   49 (42%)   9 (43%)
   T2   25 (22%)   2 (9.5%)
   T3   12 (10%)   2 (9.5%)
   T4   5 (4.3%)   0 (0%)
   Unknown   0   1
Clinical N stage   0.9
   N0   89 (77%)   16 (76%)
   N1   23 (20%)   5 (24%)
   N2   2 (1.7%)   0 (0%)
   N3   2 (1.7%)   0 (0%)
   Unknown   0   1
Type of surgery   0.5
   Breast-conserving surgery   41 (35%)   10 (45%)
   Mastectomy   75 (65%)   12 (55%)
Pathologic T stage   0.4
   T0/Tis   27 (23%)   6 (27%)
   T1   69 (60%)   11 (50%)
   T2   13 (11%)   5 (23%)
   T3   6 (5.2%)   0 (0%)
   Unknown   1   0
Pathologic N stage   0.4
   N0   85 (75%)   14 (67%)
   N1   21 (18%)   6 (29%)
   N2   6 (5.3%)   0 (0%)
   N3   2 (1.8%)   1 (4.8%)
   Unknown   2   1
Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy   18 (17%)   2 (11%)   0.7
   Unknown   7   3

Data expressed as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

Bolded values indicate statistical significance.

UVA univariable, VUS variant of uncertain significance, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, HR hormone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2