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. 2020 Dec 10;39:279. doi: 10.1186/s13046-020-01797-3

Table 2.

Clinicopathological characteristics of the study participants (N = 555)

Characteristics N(%)
Age yr, median (range) 54 (26–87)
Estrogen Receptor
Negative 202 (36.4)
Positive 353 (63.6)
Progesterone Receptor
Negative 297 (53.5)
Positive 258 (46.5)
Ki-67
  ≤ 20 103 (18.6)
  > 20 389 (70.1)
unknown 63 (11.3)
Grading
G1 6 (1.1)
G2 148 (26.7)
G3 339 (61.1)
unknown 62 (11.2)
Immunohistochemical Subtype
TP 244 (44.0)
ER or PgR positive 109 (19.6)
ER and PgR negative 202 (36.4)
Metastatic at Diagnosis
No 398 (71.7)
Yes 157 (28.3)
Neo−/adjuvant treatmenta
Yes 363 (91.2)
No 35 (8.8)
Neo−/adjuvant trastuzumaba
Yes 212 (53.3)
No 186 (46.7)
Metastatic Sites
Visceral 397 (71.5)
Bone-Only 25 (4.5)
Brain 155 (27.9)
Number of Metastatic Sites
1 397 (71.5)
2 85 (15.3)
  > 2 73 (13.2)
Disease Free Interval in months, median
No first-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 in second-line 40
No first-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 subsequent lines 53
First-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 in second-line 47
No first-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 in subsequent lines 28
T-DM1 in first-line 17
T-DM1 treatment line
First-line 25 (4.5)
Second-line 371 (66.8%)
Third-line 96 (17.3%)
Subsequent lines 63 (11.4%)

aFor patients with early disease at diagnosis (398 patients)

Abbreviations: N Number; yr Years; TP Triple positive; ER Estrogen receptor; PgR Progesterone receptor