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. 2017 Nov 23;168(1):197–205. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4567-z

Table 5.

Patient profile receiving a 1st (2nd, 3rd, respectively) treatment versus patients receiving SCo

1st TX SCo 2nd TX SCo 3rd TX SCo
N = 1485 (%) N = 229 (%) N = 624 (%) N = 66 (%) N = 308 (%) N = 34 (%)
Age at diagnosis
 Mean (years) 58.6 74* 58.3 70.1* 58.7 66.1*
 Median (years) 57.6 76 58.2 71.0 57.8 65.0
 > 70 years 22 71* 8 50* 8 41*
ECOG
 PS0−1 85* 35 85* 11 82* 12
 PS 2+ 14 65* 15 89* 18 88*
Stage at diagnosis
 Metastatic 52 70* 49 59 48 53
 Non-metastatic 48* 30 51 41 51 47
Location of metastases
 Bone only 21 29* 10 20* 8 14
 Visceral ± bone 68* 44 71* 45 66 52
 Cerebral ± others 7 26* 17 35* 23 34
Number of metastatic sites
 1 site 46* 39 27 28 24 22
 > site 52 60* 72 72 76 78
Hormonal status
 HR+ 67 78* 66 57 61 52
 HR− 32* 21 34 41 39 48

* Significant difference compared with comparator group, p < 0.05