Table 3.
State of disease and treatment regiments.
| Characteristic | Value | ||
| Difference between initial diagnosis of breast cancer and study inclusion (months), median (Q1-Q3) | 66.6 (29.4-127.4) | ||
| Difference between initial diagnosis of breast cancer metastases and study inclusion (months), median (Q1-Q3) | 21.5 (6.8-40.1) | ||
| Characteristics of primary tumor (TNM classification), n (%) | |||
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c/y/pTaPTb | ||
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0 | 7 (3.6) |
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1 | 46 (24.0) |
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2 | 60 (31.3) |
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|
3 | 15 (7.8) |
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|
4 | 7 (3.6) |
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Other or N/A | 57 (29.7) |
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c/y/pNcPT | ||
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+ | 35 (18.2) |
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|
|
0 | 23 (12.0) |
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|
|
1 | 32 (16.7) |
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|
2 | 13 (6.8) |
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|
3 | 6 (3.1) |
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|
|
Other or N/A | 83 (43.2) |
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|
MdPT | ||
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1 | 57 (29.7) |
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0 | 78 (40.6) |
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N/A | 57(29.7) |
| Breast cancer subtype of primary tumor, n (%) | |||
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Hormone receptor positive + HER2e neu negative | 101 (52.6) | |
|
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HER2 neu positive | 63 (32.8) | |
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Triple negative | 14 (7.3) | |
|
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N/A | 14 (7.3) | |
| Metastases diagnosed at study inclusion, n (%) | |||
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Brain | 6 (3.1) | |
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Lymph nodes | 53 (27.6) | |
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Bone | 108 (56.3) | |
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Lung | 55 (28.6) | |
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Pleura | 20 (10.4) | |
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Liver | 66 (34.4) | |
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Peritoneum | 9 (4.7) | |
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Skin | 10 (5.2) | |
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Other | 15 (7.8) | |
|
|
N/A | 4 (2.1) | |
| Previous treatment regiments before study inclusion (Q1-Q3) | |||
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Number of treatment regiments, median | 3 (2-4) | |
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Number of chemotherapeutic treatment lines, median | 1 (1-2) | |
| Systemic treatment groups during study period, n (%) | |||
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CDKf 4/6 inhibitors +/– endocrine therapy | 41 (21.4) | |
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Chemotherapy | 62 (32.3) | |
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Endocrine therapy | 18 (9.4) | |
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|
HER2-targeted therapy | 54 (28.1) | |
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N/A | 17 (8.9) | |
ac/y/pT: Clinical/after neoadjuvant therapy/pathologic classification of tumor extent and size.
bPT: Primary tumor.
cc/y/pN: Clinical/after neoadjuvant therapy/pathologic classification of regional lymph node involvement.
dM: Metastatic spread.
eHER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.
fCDK: cyclin-dependent kinase.