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. 2009 Jan 19;20(4):642–647. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdn689

Table 1.

Baseline clinical characteristics of eligible patients

Baseline characteristics n %
Patients eligible/enrolled 31/33 94
Age at enrollment, years
    Mean 61.0
    Median 61.0
    Range 39–77
Race/ethnicity
    Hispanic 12 39
    White 11 36
    Black 6 19
    Asian 2 6
ECOG performance status
    0 16 52
    1 14 45
    2 1 3
Sites of metastatic disease
    Nonvisceral only 9 29
    Visceral (liver, lung, adrenal) only 7 23
    Both 15 48
No. of metastatic sites
    One 15 48
    Two 10 32
    Three or more 6 19
Prior adjuvant therapy
    Adjuvant ET 21 68
    Adjuvant chemotherapy 15 48
    Surgery 22 71
    Radiation 16 52
Prior metastatic therapya
    Not ET resistant (no prior ET or ET sensitiveb) 9 29
    ET resistant 22 71
        Tamoxifen 1 5
        Aromatase inhibitors 21 95
            One prior ET 12 57
            Two prior ETs 7 33
            Three prior ETs 2 10
a

One hundred percentage is calculated for each subgroup.

b

Patient #23 had complete remission to prior ET and a relapse interval of 2 years.

ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ET, endocrine therapy.