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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Breast Cancer. 2013 Aug;13(4):254–263. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2013.02.010

Table 3.

Clinical and Treatment Characteristics for Patients at Time of Metastatic and/or Recurrent Disease

Variable Total
(n = 164)
Short-Term
Treatment
Duration (n = 54)
Intermediate
Treatment Duration
(n = 55)
Long-Term
Treatment
Duration (n = 55)
P
DFI, years .729
1.3 (0-
14.3)
1.3 (0-14.3) 1.3 (0-12.7) 1.2 (0-13.4)
Sites at Initial Metastatic Diagnosis
and/or Recurrence
.608
2 (1-5) 3 (1-5) 2 (1-4) 2 (1-5)
Sites of Disease at Initial Metastatic
Diagnosis and/or Recurrence a
 Soft tissueb 85 (51.8) 32 (59.3) 25 (45.5) 28 (50.9) .368
 Bone 86 (52.4) 28 (51.8) 29 (52.7) 29 (52.7) 1.0
 Liver 82 (50.0) 26 (48.2) 27 (49.1) 29 (52.7) .923
 Lung 59 (36.0) 25 (46.3) 17 (30.9) 17 (30.9) .164
 CNS 12 (7.3) 3 (5.6) 7 (12.7) 2 (3.6) .212
 Other 23 (14.0) 9 (16.7) 6 (10.9) 8 (14.6) .666
Duration of First Metastatic Anti-
HER2 Therapy, mo
<.0001
10.3
(1.5-
110.8)
3.9 (1.5-7.1) 10.3 (7.2-14.0) 22.9 (14.1-105.7)
Type of First Trastuzumab-Based
Regimen
.116
 Monotherapy 13 (7.9) 6 (11.1) 2 (3.6) 5 (9.1)
 Concomitant with endocrine
 therapy
9 (5.5) 0 (0) 7 (12.7) 2 (3.6)
 Concomitant with chemotherapy 135
(82.3)
46 (83.6) 42 (76.4) 47 (85.5)
 With taxane based regimen 34 (25.2) 11 (23.9) 8 (19.1) 15 (31.9)
 With vinorelbine 87 (64.4) 29 (63.0) 29 (69.0) 29 (61.7)
 With other agent 14 (10.4) 6 (13.1) 5 (11.9) 3 (6.4)
 Concomitant with other anti-HER2
 target agent
7 (4.3) 2 (3.7) 4 (7.3) 1 (1.8)
Best Clinical Response During First-
Line Therapy
.352
 Complete response 4 (2.4) 0 (0) 3 (5.5) 1 (1.8)
CNS Progression During First-Line
Therapy (Non-CNS Disease
Controlled)
<.0001
39 (23.8) 3 (5.6) 10 (18.2) 26 (47.2)
Switch to Trastuzumab Monotherapy
or Trastuzumab and Endocrine
During First-Line Therapy
<.0001
59 (36.0) 3 (5.5) 19 (34.6) 37 (67.3)

Data are presented as median (range) or n (%).

Abbreviations: CNS = central nervous system; DFI = disease-free interval.

a

Proportion of patients does not add up to 100% because patients could have more than 1 site of recurrence.

b

Soft tissue includes: chest wall, breast, local and/or distant lymph nodes, or skin.