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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Jul 12;166(1):69–76. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4381-7

Table 2.

Clinicopathologic characteristics of 44 patients with LRR

Total
(n=44)
Low RS
(n=13)
Intermediate
RS (n=22)
High RS
(n=9)
Age at diagnosis, years
 <40 years 39 (88.6%) 11 (84.6%) 2 (9.1%) 1 (11.1%)
 ≥40 years 5 (11.4%) 2 (15.4%) 20 (90.9%) 8 (88.9%)
 Median (range) 54 (34–79) 54 (35–79) 51 (38–75) 57 (34–69)
Tumor size, median (range), cm 1.6 (0.5–3.5) 1.3 (0.5–3.5) 1.7 (0.5–3.4) 1.6 (0.6–2.6)
Multifocality/multicentricity 9 (20.5%) 6 (46.2%) 3 (13.6%) 0
LVI 17 (38.6%) 4 (30.8%) 11 (50%) 2 (22.2%)
Local Treatment
 BCS 3 (6.8%) 2 (15.4%) 0 1 (11.1%)
 BCS + radiation 27 (61.4%) 7 (53.8%) 14 (63.6%) 6 (66.7%)
 Total mastectomy 14 (31.8%) 4 (30.8%) 8 (36.4%) 2 (22.2%)
Systemic therapy
 Endocrine therapy only 16 (36.4%) 8 (61.5%) 6 (27.3%) 2 (22.2%)
 Endocrine + chemotherapy 25 (56.8%) 4 (30.8%) 15 (68.2%) 6 (66.7%)
 Chemotherapy only 2 (4.5%) 0 1 (4.5%) 1 (11.1%)
 None 1 (2.3%) 1 (7.7%) 0 0

BCS, breast-conserving surgery; LVI, lymphovascular invasion; LRR, locoregional recurrence; RS, recurrence score.