Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants according to tumour molecular type.
TN: Triple-negative.
| Variables | Overall (n = 17) | Luminal (n = 9) | HER2 (n = 6) | TN (n = 2) |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Female | 16 (94) | 8 (89) | 6 (100) | 2 (100) |
| Male | 1 (6) | 1 (11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Age at diagnosis (years), median (range) | 50 (26-72) | 50 (26-72) | 52 (34-64) | 50 (47-53) |
| Race, n (%) | ||||
| Caucasian | 17 (100) | 9 (100) | 6 (100) | 2 (100) |
| Tumour size, n (%) | ||||
| ≤5 cm (T1 and T2) | 10 (59) | 5 (56) | 4 (67) | 1 (50) |
| >5 cm (T3 and T4) | 7 (41) | 4 (44) | 2 (33) | 1 (50) |
| Nodal involvement, n (%) | ||||
| N0 | 4 (24) | 3 (33) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) |
| N1-N3 | 13 (76) | 6 (67) | 5 (83) | 2 (100) |
| Oestrogen receptor, n (%) | ||||
| Positive ≥1% | 11 (65) | 9 (100) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) |
| Negative <1% | 6 (35) | 0 (0) | 4 (67) | 2 (100) |
| Progesterone receptor, n (%) | ||||
| Positive ≥1% | 10 (59) | 8 (89) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) |
| Negative <1% | 7 (41) | 1 (11) | 4 (67) | 2 (100) |
| Ki-67 expression, n (%) | ||||
| High (>20%) | 13 (76) | 5 (56) | 6 (100) | 2 (100) |
| Low (≤20%) | 4 (24) | 4 (44) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Type of metastatic disease, n (%) | ||||
| Oligometastatic | 12 (71) | 7 (78) | 3 (50) | 2 (100) |
| Multimetastatic | 5 (29) | 2 (22) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) |