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. 2016 Nov 1;6(11):2611–2630.

Table 2.

Comparison of clinicopathological and genomic characteristics in concurrent and metachronous BBC

Concurrent Metachronous p-value
All patients: 75 51 24
Age <0.001
    N (75) 51 24
    Mean ± SD 62.4 ± 14.2 45.9 ± 12.4
    Median 64.7 40.8
    Min-max 30-87.5 33.2-74.4
N mut per case (N=75) 0.19
    Mean ± SD 1.65 ± 1.64 7.3 ± 14.2
    Median 3 1.5
    Min-max 0-6 0-56
N genes per case (N=75) 0.23
    Mean ± SD 1.4 ± 1.4 4.9 ± 8.9
    Median 1 1
    Min-max 0-6 0-33
N % N %
Menopausal status (N=72) <0.001
    Premenopausal 9 18.4 17 73.9
    Postmenopausal 39 79.6 6 26.1
    N/A 1 8 0 0
Concordant histology (N=75) 0.25
    Yes 29 56.9 17 70.8
    No 22 43.1 7 29.2
Concordant grade (N=75) 0.84
    Yes 24 47 13 54.2
    No 19 37.3 8 33.3
    N/A 8 15.7 3 12.5
Concordance for in situ (N=75) 0.12
    Yes 29 56.9 9 37.5
    No 22 43.1 15 62.5
Concordant ER/PR status (N=73) 0.013
    Yes 46 92 16 69.6
    No 4 8 7 30.4
Clinical subtype (N=147) <0.001
    ER+(LUMA, LUMB, LUM-HER2 92 92 30 63.8
    ER-(HER2-enriched, TNBC) 8 8 17 36.2
Both ER/PgR+ vs. both TNBC (N=73) <0.001
    Both ER/PgR+ 44 88 11 47.8
    Both TNBC 1 2 5 21.8
    Other 5 10 7 30.4
Concordant size (N=63) 0.78
    Yes 24 51.1 12 54.5
    No 23 48.9 10 45.5
Multifocality (N=75) 0.31
    Yes 13 72.5 9 37.5
    No 38 27.5 14 58.3
    N/A 0 0 1 4.2
TP53 mutations (N=75) <0.001
    Mutated 12 23.5 16 66.7
    WT 39 76.5 8 33.3
PIK3CA mutations (N=75) 0.62
    Mutated 20 39.2 8 33.3
    WT 31 60.8 16 66.7
GATA3 mutations (N=75) 0.88
    Mutated 7 13.7 3 12.5
    WT 44 86.7 21 87.5
MLL3 mutations (N=75) 0.16
    Mutated 2 3.9 3 12.5
    WT 49 96.1 21 87.5
Hypermutated samples (N=75) <0.001
    Hyper 0 0 5 20.8
    No 51 100 19 79.2
Preserved SNPs>90%* (N=64) 0.1
    Yes 37 82.2 12 63.2
    No 8 17.8 7 36.8
Preserved zygocity in>90% of SNPs* (N=64) 0.042
    Yes 29 64.4 7 36.8
    No 16 35.6 12 63.2
T1 vs. T2 stability (N=64) 0.058
    Stable 26 57.8 5 26.3
    Intermediate 14 31.1 9 47.4
    Unstable 5 11.1 5 26.3

N in parentheses: number of patients compared in each case;

*

T1 vs. T2 comparisons.