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. 2017 Sep 15;8(47):82940–82955. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.20937

Table 3. Clinicopathological characteristics according to AR and FOXA1 mRNA status in ER-positive breast cancer patients from the METABRIC dataset.

Factor AR-high/FOXA1-high(n, %) AR-high/FOXA1-low(n, %) AR-low/FOXA1-high(n, %) AR-low/FOXA1-low(n, %) p-value
Age (yrs)
 ≤ 50 172 (14.7) 11 (11.3) 33 (22.3) 14 (19.4) 0.048
 > 50 996 (85.3) 86 (88.7) 115 (77.7) 58 (80.6)
TNM stage
 Stage I 336 (31.5) 28 (29.8) 60 (40.8) 26 (36.1) 0.085
 Stage II 685 (59.0) 54 (57.4) 78 (53.1) 35 (48.6)
 Stage III 110 (9.5) 12 (12.8) 9 (6.1) 11 (15.3)
Histologic grade
 I/II 701 (62.8) 44 (47.3) 79 (54.5) 34 (47.2) 0.001
 III 415 (37.2) 49 (52.7) 66 (45.5) 38 (52.8)
PR*
 Positive 823 (70.5) 48 (49.5) 81 (54.7) 15 (20.8) < 0.001
 Negative 345 (29.5) 49 (50.5) 67 (45.3) 57 (79.2)
HER2*
 Negative 1,081 (92.6) 86 (88.7) 135 (91.2) 68 (94.4) 0.457
 Positive 87 (7.4) 11 (11.3) 13 (8.8) 4 (5.6)
PAM50 subtype
 Luminal A 613 (52.7) 19 (20.0) 56 (37.8) 4 (5.6) < 0.001
 Luminal B 373 (32.0) 20 (21.1) 62 (41.9) 6 (8.3)
 HER2 74 (6.4) 15 (15.8) 15 (10.1) 9 (12.5)
 Basal 9 (0.8) 14 (14.7) 5 (3.4) 30 (41.7)
 Normal 95 (8.2) 27 (28.4) 10 (6.8) 23 (31.9)
Type of surgery
 BCS 459 (39.5) 38 (40.9) 70 (47.6) 30 (42.9) 0.296
 TM 702 (60.5) 55 (59.1) 77 (52.4) 40 (57.1)
Radiotherapy
 Not done 510 (43.7) 32 (33.0) 57 (38.5) 26 (36.1) 0.097
 Done 658 (56.3) 65 (67.0) 91 (61.5) 46 (63.9)
Chemotherapy
 Not done 1,073 (91.9) 92 (94.8) 128 (86.5) 55 (76.4) < 0.001
 Done 95 (8.1) 5 (5.2) 20 (13.5) 17 (23.6)
Hormone therapy
 Not done 311 (26.6) 24 (24.7) 37 (25.0) 17 (23.6) 0.902
 Done 857 (73.4) 73 (75.3) 111 (75.0) 55 (76.4)

*Positive criteria of PR and HER2 were defined as expression status in the METABRIC dataset.