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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Apr 11;145(2):389–399. doi: 10.1007/s10549-014-2945-3

Table 4.

Clinicopathologic characteristics of PIK3CA mutated tumors by mutation subtype.

Characteristic KD mutation (N =
35)
HD mutation
(N= 44)
P value*
N (%) N (%)
Age
≤ 50 11 (31%) 13 (30%)
> 50 24 (69%) 27 (61%) 0.92
Unknown 0 (0%) 4 (10%)
Menopausal status
Pre 10 (29%) 8 (18%)
Post 11 (31%) 15 (34%) 0.39
Unknown 14 (40%) 21 (47%)
Race
Caucasian 30 (86%) 41 (93%)
Black 2 (6%) 1 (2%)
Asian/Pacific Islander 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0.58
Unknown or other 3 (9%) 2 (5%)
Tumor size
0 –2 cm 8 (23%) 10 (23%)
2.1 –5 cm 9 (26%) 10 (23%)
> 5 cm 2 (6%) 1 (5%) 0.9
Unknown or NA 16 (46%) 23 (53%)
Histologic subtype
Ductal 32 (91%) 40 (93%)
Lobular 2 (6%) 2 (5%)
Other 1 (3%) 1 (2%) 1
Grade
Low 10 (29%) 7 (16%)
Intermediate 18 (51%) 24 (55%)
High 7 (20%) 12 (27%) 0.39
Unknown or NA 0 (0%) 1 (2%)
Positive lymph nodes
0 16 (46%) 16 (36%)
1 –3 6 (17%) 14 (32%)
> 3 9 (26%) 6 (14%) 0.18
Unknown or NA 4 (11%) 8 (18%)
ER
Postive 30 (86%) 36 (82%)
Negative 3 (9%) 5 (11%) 0.73
Unknown 2 (6%) 4 (9%)
PR
Positive 29 (83%) 27 (61%)
Negative 4 (11%) 13 (30%) 0.04
Unknown 2 (6%) 4 (9%)
HER2
Positive 2 (6%) 4 (9%)
Negative 31 (89%) 31 (70%) 0.133
Unknown 2 (6%) 9 (20%)
Receptor status
ER+ or PR+/HER2− 30 (86%) 26 (59%)
ER+ or PR+/HER2+ 0 (0%) 3 (7%)
ER−and PR−/HER2+ 2 (6%) 0 (0%)
ER−and PR−/HER2− 1 (3%) 5 (11%)
Other 2 (6%) 10 (23%) 0.008
Recurrent disease
yes 22 (63%) 39 (89%)
no 12 (37%) 5 (11%) 0.007
Metastatic at diagnosis
yes 6 (17%) 9 (20%)
no 29 (83%) 35 (80%) 0.71
Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Note: "Unknown," "other," or "NA" not included in p value calculation.

KD = kinase domain, HD = helical domain