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. 2024 Nov 21;16(23):3899. doi: 10.3390/cancers16233899

Table 1.

Baseline patients’ characteristics according to TP53 mutation status.

TP53-Mutated
(N = 172)
TP53 Wild-Type
(N = 478)
p-Value
Age, median [IQR] 52 [27–78] 52 [51–87] 0.284
Histologic subtype 0.016
  Ductal 148 (86.0) 366 (76.6)
  Lobular 2 (1.2) 23 (4.8)
  Others and Mixed 22 (12.8) 89 (18.6)
Histologic grade <0.001
  Grade III 106 (61.6) 138 (28.9)
  Grade I-II 66 (38.4) 340 (71.1)
HR status # <0.001
  Positive 60 (35.3) 261 (64.1)
  Negative 110 (64.7) 146 (35.9)
HER2 status <0.001
  Positive 76 (44.2) 128 (26.8)
  Negative 96 (55.8) 350 (73.2)
Molecular subtype # <0.001
  HR-positive/HER2-negative 30 (17.6) 209 (51.2)
  HER2-positive 75 (44.1) 113 (22.7)
  Triple-negative 65 (38.2) 86 (21.1)
LVI # <0.001
  Positive 59 (34.5) 83 (17.4)
  Negative 112 (65.5) 395 (82.6)
Ki67 index (cutoff 20%) <0.001
  High 127 (73.8) 150 (31.4)
  Low 45 (26.2) 328 (68.6)
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 0.062
  Yes 11 (6.4) 15 (3.1)
  No 161 (93.6) 463 (96.9)
T stage * 0.035
  T1 69 (42.9) 253 (54.6)
  T2 86 (53.4) 195 (42.1)
  T3-4 6 (3.7) 15 (3.2)
N stage * 0.826
  N0 97 (62.2) 274 (60.8)
  N1 47 (30.1) 135 (29.9)
  N2-3 12 (7.7) 42 (9.3)
Breast operation 0.022
  BCS 74 (43.0) 159 (33.3)
  Mastectomy 98 (57.0) 319 (66.7)
Axilla surgery 0.152
  No approach 6 (3.5) 12 (2.5)
  SLNB 135 (78.5) 406 (84.9)
  ALND 31 (18.0) 60 (12.6)
Adjuvant chemotherapy * <0.001
  Yes 140 (87.0) 314 (67.8)
  No 21 (13.0) 149 (32.2)
Post-operative radiotherapy 0.007
  Yes 96 (55.8) 210 (43.9)
  No 76 (44.2) 268 (56.1)

# Patients for whom accurate test values could not be confirmed were excluded. * Patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy or did not undergo surgery were excluded. Abbreviations, IQR; inter-quartile range, HR, hormone receptor, HER2; human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, LVI; lymphovascular invasion, BCS; breast-conserving surgery, SLNB; sentinel lymph node biopsy, ALND; axillary lymph node dissection.