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. 2021 Jul 5;7:86. doi: 10.1038/s41523-021-00292-y

Table 1.

Clinicopathological features and immune features of the primary tumor.

All cases HER2 TNBC sTILs < 20% sTILs≥20%
n = 161 (%) n = 62 (%) n = 99 (%) P value n = 86 (%) n = 75 (%) P value
sTILs
 <20% 86 (53) 34 (55) 52 (52) / / /
 ≥20% 75 (47) 28 (45) 47 (48) 0.775a / / /
Tertiary lymphoid structures
 Absent 123 (76) 46 (74) 77 (78) 72 (84) 51 (68)
 Present 38 (24) 16 (26) 22 (22) 0.602a 14 (16) 24 (32) 0.019a
Age at diagnosis
 <50 66 (41) 20 (32) 46 (46) 35 (41) 31 (41)
 ≥50 95 (59) 42 (68) 53 (54) 0.074a 51 (59) 44 (59) 0.935a
Tumor size
 pT1 33 (21) 11 (18) 22 (22) 12 (14) 21 (28)
 pT2 116 (72) 46 (74) 70 (71) 65 (76) 51 (68)
 pT3 10 (6) 4 (6) 6 (6) 8 (9) 2 (3)
 pT4 2 (1) 1 (2) 1 (1) 0.906a 1 (1) 1 (1) 0.071a
Histological grade
III 161 (100) 62 (100) 99 (100) 86 (100) 75 (100)
Lymphovascular invasion
 Absent 51 (32) 13 (21) 38 (38) 24 (28) 27 (36)
 Present 110 (68) 49 (79) 61 (62) 0.021a 62 (72) 48 (64) 0.271a
Lymph node status
 pN1 (1–3) 90 (56) 27 (44) 63 (64) 47 (55) 43 (57)
 pN2 (4–9) 39 (24) 18 (29) 21 (21) 20 (23) 19 (25)
 pN3 (>=10) 32 (20) 17 (27) 15 (15) 0.037a 19 (22) 13 (18) 0.748a
Chemotherapy
 Anthracycline + taxane 137 (85) 55 (89) 82 (83) 77 (90) 60 (80)
 Anthracycline 19 (12) 5 (8) 14 (14) 7 (8) 12 (16)
 Taxane  5 (3) 2 (3) 3 (3) 0.508a 2 (2) 3 (4) 0.236a
Local or regional tumor recurrence
 Absent 144 (89) 55 (89) 89 (90) 73 (85) 71 (95)
 Present 17 (11) 7 (11) 10 (10) 0.811a 13 (15) 4 (5) 0.044a
Distant metastasis
 Absent 119 (74) 46 (75) 73 (74) 52 (60) 67 (89)
 Present 42 (26) 16 (25) 26 (26) 0.949a 34 (40) 8 (11) <0.001a
Breast cancer-specific death
 Absent 127 (79) 47 (76) 80 (81) 57 (66) 70 (93)
 Present 34 (21) 15 (24) 19 (20) 0.449a 29 (34) 5 (7) <0.001a

aChi-squared test