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. 2014 Jun 2;32(20):2142–2150. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.53.1608

Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Clinicopathologic Characteristics for T1a,bN0 Patients With Breast Cancer, NCCN 2000-2009

Characteristic T1aN0 Patients With Breast Cancer
T1bN0 Patients With Breast Cancer
No Chemotherapy or Trastuzumab (n = 1,197)
Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab (n = 102)
No Chemotherapy or Trastuzumab (n = 2,205)
Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab (n = 609)
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Age, years
    < 50 325 27 60 59 437 20 278 46
    50-60 394 33 28 27 651 30 211 35
    60-70 296 25 12 12 614 28 105 17
    ≥ 70 182 15 2 2 503 23 15 2
Method of detection
    Abnormal screening mammogram 957 80 57 56 1,705 77 349 57
    Symptoms 177 15 36 35 423 19 230 38
    Other/unknown 63 5 9 9 77 3 30 5
Race/ethnicity
    Non-Hispanic white 1,012 85 72 71 1,908 87 501 82
    Non-Hispanic black 71 6 12 12 97 4 31 5
    Hispanic 48 4 9 9 106 5 39 6
    Asian-Pacific Islander 42 4 7 7 63 3 23 4
    American Indian 2 < 1 1 1 4 < 1 2 < 1
    Unknown 14 1 1 1 19 1 8 1
    Other 8 1 0 0 8 0 5 1
Comorbidity score*
    0 910 76 94 92 1,550 70 503 83
    1 159 13 5 5 388 18 66 11
    ≥ 2 128 11 3 3 267 12 40 6
Year of diagnosis
    2000 82 7 2 2 134 6 37 6
    2001 76 6 5 5 175 8 46 8
    2002 103 9 6 6 175 8 35 6
    2003 92 8 7 7 213 10 59 10
    2004 115 10 3 3 233 11 59 10
    2005 146 12 16 16 269 12 67 11
    2006 145 12 15 15 249 11 80 13
    2007 140 12 14 14 228 10 74 12
    2008 172 14 14 14 287 13 81 13
    2009 126 11 20 20 242 11 71 12
Histology
    Ductal 954 80 95 93 1,726 78 549 90
    Lobular 100 8 2 2 153 7 24 4
    Mixed 52 4 1 1 130 6 22 4
    Other 91 8 4 4 196 9 14 2
Subtype
    HR-positive, HER2-negative 972 81 12 12 2,005 91 241 40
    HR-positive, HER2-positive 102 9 33 32 89 4 110 18
    HR-negative, HER2-positive 49 4 32 31 17 1 88 14
    HR-negative, HER2-negative 74 6 25 25 94 4 170 28
Grade
    Low-intermediate 876 73 28 27 1,789 81 245 40
    High 270 23 72 71 391 18 355 58
    Unknown 51 4 2 2 25 1 9 1
Lymphovascular invasion
    Yes 41 3 11 11 115 5 97 16
    No 1,132 95 89 87 2,047 93 506 83
    Unknown 24 2 2 2 43 2 6 1

Abbreviations: HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HR, hormone receptor; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

*

Grouped into values 0, 1, and ≥ 2 per Charlson et al,14 and Katz et al.15