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. 2016 Jan 21;5:59. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-1700-0

Table 1.

Patient demographics and baseline characteristics

Characteristics N 113 %
Age (median, range) 62 (33–80)
ECOG PS (median, range) 1 (0–2)
De novo metastatic disease 10 (8.8)
ER status
 Positive 87 (77.0)
 Negative 26 (23.0)
PgR status
 Positive 72 (63.7)
 Negative 38 (33.6)
 Unk 3 (2.7)
Triple negative 22 (19.5)
HER2 status
 Positive 11 (9.7)
 Negative 95 (84.1)
 Unk 7 (6.2)
Neo/adjuvant chemotherapy 82 (72.5)
Adjuvant hormonotherapy 67 (59.3)
Adjuvant trastuzumab 4 (3.5)
Number of prior chemotherapy for advanced disease
 1 8 (7.1)
 2 26 (23.0)
 3 34 (30.1)
 4 20 (17.7)
 5 14 (12.4)
 ≥6 11 (9.7)
 Median, range 3 (1–10)
Prior hormonotherapy for advanced disease 79 (69.9)
 Median, range 2 (1–5)
Number of organs involved
 1 17 (15.0)
 2 43 (38.1)
 3 33 (29.2)
 ≥4 20 (17.7)
 Median, range 2 (1–5)
Most common metastatic sites
 Bone 81 (71.7)
 Liver 60 (53.1)
 Lymph nodes 48 (42.5)
 Lung 36 (31.8)
 Skin 19 (16.8)
 CNS 13 (11.5)
Rechallenge with anthracyclines and/or taxanes 64 (56.6)

ER estrogen receptor, PgR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor 2, CNS central nervous system