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. 2024 Aug 28;78:103789. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2024.103789

Table 2.

Patient characteristics according to high risk or non high risk status (OlympiA study criteria) in ER-positive (ER+/HER2-) early breast cancer.

Characteristic High risk (N = 283)
Non high risk (N = 2820)
p value
N % N %
Age at diagnosis 0.3051
 Mean (SD) 62.5 (14.9) 62.0 (12.7)
 Median (Min – Max) 63.1 (25–91.6) 62.2 (27.7–95.3)
Menopausal status at diagnosis 0.3404
 Menopaused 186 71.0 1955 73.7
 Pre-menopaused 76 29.0 697 26.3
 Unknown 21 168
Germline BRCA mutation 0.2857a
 BRCA1 2 5.4 8 2.6
 BRCA2 4 10.8 23 7.4
 Undetected 31 83.8 279 90.0
 Unknown/not performed 246 2510
Axillary lymph node status (clinical) <0.0001
 Negative 117 41.8 2572 91.5
 Positive 163 58.2 238 8.5
 Unknown 3 10
Clinical stage (cAJCC) <0.0001a
 0 0 0 5 0.2
 IA 53 19.0 2041 74.06
 IIA 72 25.8 506 18.4
 IIB 82 29.4 139 5.0
 IIIA 13 4.6 19 0.7
 IIIB 49 17.6 45 1.6
 IIIC 10 3.6 1 0.04
 Unknown 4 64
Pathological stage (pAJCC) <0.0001a
 0 0 0 10 0.4
 IA 2 0.7 1682 60.3
 IB 1 0.4 97 3.5
 IIA 35 12.4 648 23.2
 IIB 38 13.4 279 10.0
 IIIA 128 45.2 35 1.26
 IIIB 20 7.1 36 1.3
 IIIC 59 20.8 1 0.04
 Unknown 0 32
Histological subtype 0.0283
 Ductal 203 71.7 2197 77.9
 Lobular 63 22.3 454 16.1
 Other 17 6.0 168 6.0
 Unknown 0 1
Tumor grade (SBR) <0.0001
 I 44 15.7 1102 39.6
 II 149 53.2 1402 50.3
 III 87 31.1 282 10.1
 Unknown 3 34
Estrogen receptor expression 1.000a
 Positive 282 99.7 2809 99.6
 Negative 1 0.3 11 0.4
Progesterone receptor expression 0.1267
 Positive 237 83.7 2452 87.0
 Negative 46 16.3 367 13.0
 Unknown 0 1
HER2 low status 0.0013
 0 104 36.8 1319 46.8
 Low (1+ ou 2+ without FISH amplification 179 63.2 1501 53.2
Type of breast surgery <0.0001a
 Tumorectomy 83 29.3 2053 72.8
 Mastectomy 200 70.7 765 27.1
 Axillary lymph node dissection alone 0 0 2 0.1
Type of axillary surgery <0.0001
 Axillary lymph node dissection 236 83.4 887 31.8
 Sentinel lymph node dissection 2 0.7 1552 55.7
 Both 45 15.9 349 12.5
 Unknown 0 32

SD: standard deviation, AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer.

a

Fisher's exact test.