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. 2024 Dec 30;36(6):729–741. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2024.06.10

Table 2. Baseline clinicopathological characteristics.

Characteristics n (%) P
Training group
(N=1,074)
Internal validation group
(N=640)
External validation group
(N=427)
IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; NA, not available; HER2, human epidermal receptor 2; TNBC, triple negative breast cancer; BCS, breast conversing surgery; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy; ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; NAT, neo-adjuvant treatment. *, HER2 status is according to core needle biopsy specimen before NAC.
Age (year) 0.196
 <50 495 (46.1) 318 (49.7) 215 (50.4)
 ≥50 579 (53.9) 322 (50.3) 212 (49.6)
Menstruation 0.360
 Pre-menopausal 560 (52.1) 352 (55.0) 237 (55.5)
 Post-menopausal 514 (47.9) 288 (45.0) 190 (44.5)
Histology 0.319
 IDC 1,027 (95.6) 603 (94.2) 402 (94.1)
 Non-IDC 47 (4.4) 37 (5.8) 25 (5.9)
Grade 0.450
 I 171 (15.9) 92 (14.4) 64 (15.0)
 II 624 (58.1) 374 (58.4) 266 (62.3)
 III 279 (26.0) 174 (27.2) 97 (22.7)
ER 0.364
 Negative 348 (32.4) 207 (32.3) 123 (28.8)
 Positive 726 (67.6) 433 (67.7) 304 (71.2)
PR 0.252
 Negative 432 (40.2) 248 (38.8) 152 (35.6)
 Positive 642 (59.8) 392 (61.3) 275 (64.4)
Ki67 0.543
 <14% 138 (12.8) 71 (11.1) 52 (12.2)
 ≥14% 925 (86.1) 565 (88.2) 368 (86.2)
 NA 11 (1.1) 4 (0.7) 7 (1.6)
HER2* 0.754
 HER2-zero 223 (20.8) 123 (19.2) 87 (20.4)
 HER2-low 496 (46.2) 293 (45.8) 206 (48.2)
 HER2-amplified 355 (33.1) 224 (35.0) 134 (31.4)
Primary phenotype 0.550
 Luminal-A 75 (7.0) 30 (4.7) 26 (6.1)
 Luminal-B/HER2-
 negative
472 (43.9) 282 (44.1) 205 (48.0)
 Luminal-B/HER2-
 positive
217 (20.2) 140 (21.9) 87 (20.4)
 HER2-amplified 138 (12.8) 84 (13.1) 47 (11.0)
 TNBC 172 (16.0) 104 (16.3) 62 (14.5)
Breast surgery 0.212
 Mastectomy 845 (88.0) 545 (85.2) 375 (87.8)
 BCS 129 (12.0) 95 (14.8) 52 (12.2)
Axillary surgery 0.036
 SLNB 90 (8.4) 74 (11.6) 32 (7.5)
 ALND±SLNB 984 (91.6) 566 (88.4) 395 (92.5)
Clinical stage 0.315
 I 59 (5.5) 38 (5.9) 24 (5.6)
 IIA 269 (25.0) 171 (26.7) 121 (28.3)
 IIB 414 (38.5) 249 (38.9) 158 (37.0)
 IIIA 158 (14.7) 88 (13.8) 67 (15.7)
 IIIB 54 (5.0) 42 (6.6) 14 (3.3)
 IIIC 120 (11.2) 52 (8.1) 43 (10.1)
Pathologic stage 0.207
 0 242 (22.5) 157 (24.5) 98 (23.0)
 I 156 (14.5) 101 (15.8) 80 (18.7)
 IIA 247 (23.0) 167 (26.1) 90 (21.1)
 IIB 94 (8.8) 41 (6.4) 24 (5.6)
 IIIA 183 (17.0) 97 (15.2) 72 (16.9)
 IIIB 27 (2.5) 12 (1.9) 9 (2.1)
 IIIC 125 (11.6) 65 (10.2) 54 (12.6)
Neo-adjuvant anti-HER2 therapy 0.445
 Yes 355 (33.1) 224 (35.0) 134 (31.4)
 No 720 (66.9) 417 (65.0) 293 (68.6)
NAT cycle 0.225
 4−6 645 (60.1) 403 (63.0) 275 (64.4)
 >6 429 (39.9) 237 (37.0) 152 (35.6)