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. 2019 May 27;12:59–73. doi: 10.2147/PGPM.S167886

Table 2.

Breast cancer subgroups identified by genome profiling using different analysis platforms in COSMIC database

Cancer types Cases Top 10 genes
Acinar cell carcinoma 20 TP53 (40%), PIK3CA (24%), GATA3 (15%), KMT2C (7%), PTEN (6%), ESR1 (6%), ERBB2 (5%), ARID1A (5%), AKT1 (4%), NF1 (4%)
Adenoid cystic carcinoma 8 NOTCH1 (67%), KMT2C (67%), PTEN (40%), BRAF (11%), PIK3CA (11%), TP53 (33%), PIM1(33%), TRAF7 (33%), MYOD1 (33%), CREBBP (33%)
Basal (triple-negative) carcinoma 356 TP53 (50%), PIK3CA (12%), RB1 (6%), CDKN2A (4%), PTEN (4%), KMT2D (5%), PIK3R1 (3%), ATR (4%), ARID1A (3%), BRAF (2%)
Ductal carcinoma 2645 TP53(40%), PIK3CA (24%), GATA3(15%), KMT2C (7%), PTEN (6%), ESR1 (6%), ERBB2 (5%), ARID1A (5%) NF1 (4%)
Ductolobular carcinoma 93 PIK3CA (42%), CDH1 (35%), TP53 (13%), NF1 (11%), ERBB2 (11%), ESR1 (8%), TBX3 (10%), ARID1A (9%), KMT2C (9%), AKT1 (7%)
ER-HER2-positive 15 TP53 (71%), PIK3Ca (22%), GATA3 (7%), ERBB2 (4%) RB1 (14%), JAK2 (7%), SMAD4 (7%), GNAQ (7%), VHL (7%), ATM (7%)
ER-positive carcinoma 345 PIK3CA (32%), TP53 (24%), GATA3 (15%), IL6ST (38%), KMT2C (14%), CDH1 (12%), ESR1 (9%), PTEN (9%), BRCA 2(9%), ERBB2 (9%)
ER-PR-HER2-Positive 28 PIK3CA (29%), TP53 (29%), CDH1(12%), GATA3 (14%), ERBB2 (14%), PCM1 (14%), CREBBP (14%), RARA (7%),
FOXA1 (7%), ATR (7%)
ER-PR-positive carcinoma 334 PIK3CA (33%), TP53 (22%), GATA3 (17%), ESR1 (10%), CDH1 (9%), KMT2C (10%), AKT1 (7%), SPEN (5%), FAT4 (6%), MAP2K4 (4%)
HER2-positive carcinoma 478 TP53 (46%), PIK3CA (22%), KMT2D (8%), LRP1B (8%), PREX2 (6%), KMT2C (6%), ERBB2(3%), MEN1(4%), ZFHX3(5%), NCOR2(%2)
Lobular carcinoma 457 CDH1 (55%), PIK3CA (41%), TP53(19%), ERBB2(17%), KMT2C (16%), TBX3(13%), ESR1(7%), FOXA1(7%), ARID1A(6%)
Luminal A carcinoma 23 PIK3CA (48%), RUNX1 (11%), MAP2K4 (7%), TP53 (10%),
ASXL1 (4%), EGFR (5%)
Luminal B carcinoma 27 PIK3CA (28%), TP53 (7%), RUNX1 (5%), MAP2K4 (6%), JAK2 (2%), KRAS (2%), BRAF (2%), IDH1 (2%), GNAS (2%), PTEN (2%)
Luminal NS carcinoma 275 TP53 (60%), PIK3CA (56%), GATA3 (44%), CDH1 (42%),
MAP2K4 (18%), ATR (16%), RUNX1 (14%), CDKN1B (14%),
RB1 (12%), KMT2C (11%)
Medullary carcinoma 38 TP53 (76%)
Metaplastic 151 TP53 (64%), PIK3CA (33%), KMT2C (14%), LRP1B (15%),
CDKN2A (11%), PTEN (8%), KMT2D (8%), ARID1A (8%),
PIK3R1 (7%), APC (5%)
Neuroendocrine 25 EP300 (100%), PIK3CA (15%), TBX3 (19%), OXA1(19%),
KMT2C (19%), HRAS (8%), FGFR1 (4%), KDR (6%),CTCF (13%), ARID1A (13%)
Normal like carcinoma 4 TP53 (100%), RUNX1 (7%), MAP2K4 (5%)
Carcinoma not specified (NS) 6014 PIK3CA (28%), TP53 (22%), CDH1 (10%), GATA3 (8%), KMT2C (8%), ESR1 (7%), ERBB2 (4%), NCOR1 (4%), SPEN (4%), NF1 (3%)
PR-HER2-positive carcinoma 2 PIK3CA (50%), NCOR1 (50%), ERBB4 (50%)
PR-positive 2 SPEN (40%)
Small cell carcinoma 4 PIK3A (40%)