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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Oct 16;173(2):455–463. doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-4990-9

Table 2.

Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Study Population Grouped Taskwise

Details Patients having NAT Patients having NACT TN/HER2+ patients having NAT
Overall Train Test Overall Train Test Overall Train Test
N 288 144 144 269 135 134 151 76 75
Median Age (years) 49.8 47.5 48.6 46.5 49.3 45.1
Age Range (years) 24—76 25—76 24—73 24—76 25—76 24—73 24—73 25—72 24—73
Race
White 184 (64%) 89 (62%) 95 (66%) 169 (63%) 81 (60%) 88 (66%) 98 (65%) 49 (64%) 49 (65%)
Black 85 (30%) 49 (34%) 36 (25%) 83 (31%) 48 (36%) 35 (26%) 46 (30%) 25 (33%) 21 (28%)
Other 16 (6%) 5 (3%) 11 (8%) 15 (6%) 5 (4%) 10 (7%) 7 (5%) 2 (3%) 5 (7%)
NA 3 (1%) 1 (1%) 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Menopausal Status
Pre 158 (55%) 77 (53%) 81 (56%) 155 (58%) 75 (56%) 80 (60%) 89 (59%) 44 (58%) 45 (60%)
Post 129 (45%) 67 (47%) 62 (43%) 113 (42%) 60 (44%) 53 (40%) 62 (41%) 32 (42%) 30 (40%)
NA 1 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 1 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
ER Status
Positive 179 (62%) 88 (61%) 91 (63%) 160 (59%) 79 (59%) 81 (60%) 46 (30%) 22 (29%) 24 (32%)
Negative 109 (38%) 56 (39%) 53 (37%) 109 (41%) 56 (41%) 53 (40%) 105 (70%) 54 (71%) 51 (68%)
PR Status
Positive 146 (51%) 71 (49%) 75 (52%) 128 (48%) 62 (46%) 66 (49%) 36 (24%) 18 (24%) 18 (24%)
Negative 142 (49%) 73 (51%) 69 (48%) 141 (52%) 73 (54%) 68 (51%) 115 (76%) 58 (76%) 57 (76%)
HER2 Status
Positive 73 (25%) 34 (24%) 39 (27%) 72 (27%) 33 (24%) 39 (29%) 73 (48%) 34 (45%) 39 (52%)
Negative 215 (75%) 110 (76%) 105 (73%) 197 (73%) 102 (76%) 95 (71%) 78 (52%) 42 (55%) 36 (48%)
Nottingham Grade
1 19 (7%) 9 (6%) 10 (7%) 16 (6%) 9 (7%) 7 (5%) 3 (2%) 1 (1%) 2 (3%)
2 135 (47%) 74 (51%) 61 (42%) 121 (45%) 66 (49%) 55 (41%) 58 (38%) 33 (43%) 25 (33%)
3 132 (46%) 61 (42%) 71 (49%) 130 (48%) 60 (44%) 70 (52%) 88 (58%) 42 (55%) 46 (61%)
NA 2 (1%) 0 (0%) 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 0 (0%) 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%)
Field Strength
1.5T 133 (46%) 63 (44%) 70 (49%) 124 (46%) 60 (44%) 64 (48%) 67 (44%) 33 (43%) 34 (45%)
3T 155 (54%) 81 (56%) 74 (51%) 145 (54%) 75 (56%) 70 (52%) 84 (56%) 43 (57%) 41 (55%)
MRI Model
Avanto1 67 (23%) 30 (21%) 37 (26%) 63 (23%) 28 (21%) 35 (26%) 39 (26%) 18 (24%) 21 (28%)
OptimaMR450w2 25 (9%) 15 (10%) 10 (7%) 23 (9%) 15 (11%) 8 (6%) 10 (7%) 6 (8%) 4 (5%)
Signa Excite2 1 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 1 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%)
Signa HDx2 91 (32%) 51 (35%) 40 (28%) 85 (32%) 49 (36%) 36 (27%) 42 (28%) 25 (33%) 17 (23%)
Signa HDxt2 57 (20%) 23 (16%) 34 (24%) 54 (20%) 21 (16%) 33 (25%) 34 (23%) 17 (22%) 17 (23%)
Skyra2 24 (8%) 12 (8%) 12 (8%) 24 (9%) 12 (9%) 12 (9%) 18 (12%) 8 (11%) 10 (13%)
Trio1 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
TrioTim1 23 (8%) 13 (9%) 10 (7%) 19 (7%) 10 (7%) 9 (7%) 7 (5%) 2 (3%) 5 (7%)
Contrast
Gadavist3 1 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%)
Magnevist3 185 (64%) 92 (64%) 93 (65%) 175 (65%) 87 (64%) 88 (66%) 98 (65%) 51 (67%) 47 (63%)
Multihance4 85 (30%) 46 (32%) 39 (27%) 79 (29%) 43 (32%) 36 (27%) 45 (30%) 22 (29%) 23 (31%)
Unknown 17 (6%) 5 (3%) 12 (8%) 14 (5%) 4 (3%) 10 (7%) 7 (5%) 2 (3%) 5 (7%)
1

Siemens, Munich, Germany;

2

GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, UK;

3

Bayer Healthcare, Berlin, Germany;

4

Bracco, Milan, Italy; Age measured in years; NA = information was not available; Grade = Nottingham grade