Table 1.
Characteristic | Value |
---|---|
Age (y), median (range) | 67 (48–89) |
ECOG performance status, n (%) | |
0 | 78 (74) |
1 | 22 (21) |
2 | 6 (6) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |
Caucasian | 74 (70) |
African American | 24 (23) |
Hispanic | 6 (5) |
Asian | 1 (1) |
Unknown | 1 (1) |
Clinical tumor size (cm), median (range) | 4.9 (2.3–12.0) |
T stage, n (%) | |
T2 | 56 (53) |
T3 | 39 (37) |
T4 | 11 (10) |
N stage, n (%) | |
N0 | 66 (62) |
N1 | 34 (32) |
N2 | 6 (6) |
Tumor type, n (%) | |
Ductal | 59 (56) |
Lobular | 25 (24) |
Mixed | 18 (17) |
Other† | 4 (4) |
Tumor grade, n (%) | |
1 | 21 (20) |
2 | 58 (55) |
3 | 27 (25) |
Biomarker status, n (%) | |
ER+PgR+ | 75 (71) |
ER+PgR− | 30 (28) |
ER−PgR+ | 1 (1) |
HER2-negative | 97 (91.5) |
HER2-positive | 8 (7.6) |
HER2 unknown | 1 (0.9) |
Nine patients excluded from analysis because of withdrawal of consent (n = 7), ineligible (n = 1), and death unrelated to disease (n = 1).
Mucinous, 2 (2%); tubular, 1 (1%); papillary, 1 (1%).
ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; ER, estrogen receptor; PgR, progesterone receptor.