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. 2014 Oct 28;112(1):103–111. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.556

Table 2. Clinicopathologic characteristics of HER2-positive primary breast cancers with EGFR overexpression or high EGFR copy number in the first set.

  EGFR overexpression (3+)
EGFR overexpression (2+ or more)
High EGFR copy number
Clinicopathological characteristics Absent (n=209) Present (n=28) P-value Absent (n=179) Present (n=58) P-value Absent (n=208) Present (n=24) P-value
pT stage     0.070     0.130     0.830
T1 99 (47.4) 8 (28.6)   86 (48.0) 21 (36.2)   95 (45.7) 10 (41.7)  
T2–T4 110 (52.6) 20 (71.4)   93 (52.0) 37 (63.8)   113 (54.3) 14 (58.3)  
pN stage     0.322     0.230     1.000
N0 111 (53.1) 12 (42.9)   97 (54.2) 26 (44.8)   108 (51.9) 13 (54.2)  
N1–N3 98 (46.9) 16 (57.1)   82 (45.8) 32 (55.2)   100 (48.1) 11 (45.8)  
Stage     0.356     0.119     1.000
I and II 159 (76.1) 19 (67.9)   139 (77.7) 39 (67.2)   158 (76.0) 18 (75.0)  
III 50 (23.9) 9 (32.1)   40 (22.3) 19 (32.8)   50 (24.0) 6 (25.0)  
Histologic grade     0.385     0.067     0.234
I and II 63 (30.1) 6 (21.4)   58 (32.4) 11 (19.0)   62 (29.8) 4 (16.7)  
III 146 (69.9) 22 (78.6)   121 (67.6) 47 (81.0)   146 (70.2) 20 (83.3)  
Lymphovascular invasion     0.838     0.282     1.000
Negative 126 (60.3) 16 (57.1)   111 (62.0) 31 (53.4)   126 (60.6) 15 (62.5)  
Positive 83 (39.7) 12 (42.9)   68 (38.0) 27 (46.6)   82 (39.4) 9 (37.5)  
Hormone receptor     <0.001     <0.001     0.078
Negative 123 (58.9) 26 (92.9)   94 (52.5) 55 (94.8)   125 (60.1) 19 (79.2)  
Positive 86 (41.1) 2 (7.1)   85 (47.5) 3 (5.2)   83 (39.9) 5 (20.8)  
p53 overexpression     0.227     0.098     0.130
Negative 117 (56.0) 12 (42.9)   103 (57.5) 26 (44.8)   115 (55.3) 9 (37.5)  
Positive 92 (44.0) 16 (57.1)   76 (42.5) 32 (55.2)   93 (44.7) 15 (62.5)  
Ki-67 index     0.014     0.003     0.879
  25.1±14.3 32.3±15.1   24.4±13.3 30.8±17.1   26.1±14.2 26.6±16.9  

Abbreviations: EGFR=epidermal growth factor receptor; HER2=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.