Table 3 Site distribution of disease relapse, including locoregional recurrence and distant metastases.
| Site of relapse | Initial event* | Total events | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basal‐ like | Control | Basal‐ like | Control | |
| Local recurrence† | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Soft tissue and skin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lymph nodes (non‐regional) | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Bone | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Liver | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Lung and pleura | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Brain | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total number of events | 30 | 8 | 48 | 8 |
*All concurrent metastatic events were considered to be independent events.
†Local recurrence was defined as recurrence in the ipsilateral breast, skin and regional nodes.