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. 2017 Jan 21;8(9):15610–15620. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14779

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
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