Table 1. Baseline overview of the clinicopathological parameters of the cohort.
Cohort description | Fas expression by medianN=640 (27 excluded) | Fas expression | CD8+ TILs by medianN=640 (42 excluded) | CD8+ TILs | |||||||||
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Total N=667 | Low(< median) | High(> median) | Mean (%) | Low(< median) | High(> median) | Mean (n) | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
Age | <40 | 55 | 8,2% | 17 | 30,9% | 38 | 69,1%* | 34 | 13 | 23,6% | 42 | 76,4%* | 69 |
40-49 | 153 | 22,9% | 67 | 46,2% | 78 | 53,8% | 23 | 55 | 37,7% | 91 | 62,3%* | 54 | |
50-59 | 210 | 31,5% | 96 | 47,3% | 107 | 52,7% | 22 | 109 | 53,7% | 94 | 46,3% | 43 | |
60-69 | 127 | 19,0% | 70 | 56,5%* | 54 | 43,5% | 19 | 74 | 60,7%* | 48 | 39,3% | 35 | |
>70 | 122 | 18,3% | 56 | 49,6% | 57 | 50,4% | 21 | 70 | 61,4%* | 44 | 38,6% | 37 | |
Histological subtype | ductal | 539 | 80,8% | 248 | 48,1% | 268 | 51,9% | 23 | 252 | 49,1% | 261 | 50,9% | 47 |
lobular | 68 | 10,2% | 32 | 47,8% | 35 | 52,2% | 18 | 37 | 54,4% | 31 | 45,6% | 36 | |
other | 50 | 9,0% | 26 | 45,6% | 31 | 54,4% | 23 | 32 | 54,2% | 27 | 45,8% | 42 | |
Bloom & Richardson grade | grade 1 | 108 | 18,2% | 47 | 46,5% | 54 | 53,5% | 20 | 57 | 57,0% | 43 | 43,0% | 38 |
grade 2 | 275 | 46,5% | 136 | 52,3% | 124 | 47,7% | 19 | 146 | 55,9% | 115 | 44,1% | 36 | |
grade 3 | 209 | 35,3% | 89 | 43,4% | 116 | 56,6% | 29 | 79 | 38,7% | 125 | 61,3%* | 62 | |
missing | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
ER expression (>10%) | no | 140 | 23,5% | 48 | 35,3% | 88 | 64,7%* | 37 | 55 | 40,4% | 81 | 59,6%* | 64 |
yes | 456 | 76,5% | 218 | 49,9% | 219 | 50,1% | 19 | 230 | 53,0% | 204 | 47,0% | 39 | |
missing | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
PgR expression (>10%) | no | 261 | 45,2% | 104 | 41,4% | 147 | 58,6%* | 29 | 116 | 45,8% | 137 | 54,2% | 55 |
yes | 316 | 54,8% | 153 | 50,5% | 150 | 49,5% | 19 | 160 | 53,5% | 139 | 46,5% | 37 | |
missing | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
HER2 expression | no | 247 | 74,6% | 106 | 44,4% | 133 | 55,6% | 23 | 131 | 54,4% | 110 | 45,6% | 43 |
yes | 84 | 25,4% | 45 | 55,6% | 36 | 44,4% | 21 | 36 | 44,4% | 45 | 55,6% | 50 | |
missing | 336 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Receptor subtype | ER-PR-HER2- | 52 | 16,0% | 8 | 17,4% | 38 | 82,6%* | 49 | 18 | 36,7% | 31 | 63,3% | 79 |
ER-PR-HER2+ | 31 | 9,5% | 15 | 48,4% | 16 | 51,6% | 29 | 11 | 35,5% | 20 | 64,5% | 54 | |
ER+PR-HER2- | 47 | 14,4% | 25 | 53,2% | 22 | 46,8% | 16 | 29 | 61,7% | 18 | 38,3% | 32 | |
ER+PR-HER2+ | 25 | 7,7% | 13 | 52,0% | 12 | 48,0% | 16 | 12 | 48,0% | 13 | 52,0% | 45 | |
ER-PR+HER2- | 9 | 2,8% | 4 | 57,1% | 3 | 42,9% | 20 | 5 | 71,4% | 2 | 28,6% | 27 | |
ER+PR+HER2- | 137 | 42,0% | 68 | 49,6% | 69 | 50,4% | 18 | 78 | 57,4% | 58 | 42,6% | 35 | |
ER+PR+HER2+ | 25 | 7,7% | 17 | 68%* | 8 | 32,0% | 16 | 12 | 50,0% | 12 | 50,0% | 52 | |
missing | 341 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tumor stage based on pT, pN and p/cM | IA | 248 | 39,3% | 109 | 46,4% | 126 | 53,6% | 21 | 127 | 53,6% | 110 | 46,4% | 38 |
IB | 4 | 0,6% | 3 | 75,0% | 1 | 25,0% | 9 | 1 | 25,0% | 3 | 75,0% | 40 | |
IIA | 184 | 29,2% | 84 | 46,7% | 96 | 53,3% | 25 | 79 | 44,9% | 97 | 55,1% | 56 | |
IIB | 133 | 21,0% | 60 | 48,4% | 64 | 51,6% | 22 | 61 | 48,0% | 66 | 52,0% | 45 | |
IIIA | 23 | 3,6% | 11 | 50,0% | 11 | 50,0% | 27 | 9 | 40,9% | 13 | 59,1% | 55 | |
IIIB | 5 | 0,8% | 4 | 80,0% | 1 | 20,0% | 4 | 3 | 60,0% | 2 | 40,0% | 43 | |
IIIC | 30 | 4,7% | 15 | 50,0% | 15 | 50,0% | 21 | 17 | 56,7% | 13 | 43,3% | 43 | |
IV | 4 | 0,6% | 4 | 100,0% | 0 | 0,0% | 5 | 2 | 50,0% | 2 | 50,0% | 62 | |
missing | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Neoadjuvant systemic therapy | CT | 32 | 4,8% | 12 | 40,0% | 18 | 60,0% | 26 | 18 | 60,0% | 12 | 40,0% | 34 |
HT | 22 | 3,3% | 12 | 54,5% | 10 | 45,5% | 19 | 10 | 45,5% | 12 | 54,5% | 39 | |
CT + HT | 1 | 0,1% | 1 | 100,0% | 0 | 0,0% | 3 | 0 | 0,0% | 1 | 100,0% | 102 | |
none | 612 | 91,8% | 281 | 47,9% | 306 | 52,1% | 23 | 293 | 49,9% | 294 | 50,1% | 46 |
Both FAS-expression and presence of CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are shown, stratified according to standard clinicopathological parameters. Percentages are excluding missing variables. *column proportion test p-value <0.05