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. 2022 Apr 19;8:50. doi: 10.1038/s41523-022-00404-2

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics.

Variable Overall N = 26 HER2− N = 20 HER2+ N = 6
Age, years, median (range) 50 (31–74) 51 (32–74) 41 (31–72)
Race, n (%)
White 15 (58%) 14 (70%) 1 (17%)
African-American 5 (19%) 5 (25%) 0 (0%)
Asian 5 (19%) 1 (5%) 4 (67%)
Other 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 1 (17%)
ECOG status, n (%)
0 11 (42%) 10 (50%) 1 (17%)
1 12 (46%) 8 (40%) 4 (67%)
2 3 (12%) 2 (10%) 1 (17%)
ER status, n (%)
ER-positive 13 (50%) 12 (60%) 2 (33%)
ER-negative 13 (50%) 8 (40%) 4 (67%)
Time from initial diagnosis to metastatic diagnosis, years, median (range) 3.3 (0.0–16.3) 3.5 (0.0–12.4) 1.8 (0.1–16.3)
Time from metastatic diagnosis to study enrollment, years, median (range) 2.0 (0.1–7.4) 2.1 (0.1–7.4) 1.4 (0.5–3.4)
Metastatic non-CNS sites at study entry, n (%)
Bone 21 (81%) 16 (80%) 5 (83%)
Lymph node 19 (73%) 14 (70%) 5 (83%)
Lung 20 (77%) 15 (75%) 5 (83%)
Liver 14 (54%) 12 (60%) 2 (33%)
0–1 sites 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
2–3 sites 20 (76%) 15 (75%) 5 (83%)
4+ sites 6 (23%) 5 (25%) 1 (17%)
Number of prior chemotherapy regimens in metastatic setting, median (range)a 2 (0–6) 3 (0–6) 1 (1–5)
0 therapies, n (%) 3 (12%) 3 (16%) 0 (0%)
1 therapy, n (%) 8 (32%) 4 (21%) 4 (67%)
2 therapies, n (%) 2 (8%) 1 (5%) 1 (16.5%)
3 therapies, n (%) 7 (28%) 7 (37%) 0 (0%)
4+ therapies, n (%) 5 (20%) 4 (21%) 1 (16.5%)
ALC at baseline (K/µl)a
<1.0 12 (48%) 8 (42%) 4 (67%)
≥1.0 13 (52%) 11 (58%) 2 (33%)
Non-CNS disease at study start, n (%)
PD 25 (96%) 19 (95%) 6 (100%)
SD 1 (4%) 1 (5%) 0 (0%)
Brain RT received, n (%)
WBRT 23 (88%) 17 (85%) 6 (100%)
SRS 3 (12%) 3 (15%) 0 (0%)
 No. of RT doses received, median (range) 4 (1–11) 4 (1–6) 5 (2–11)

ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, HER human epidermal growth factor receptor, ER estrogen receptor, CNS central nervous system, ALC absolute lymphocyte counts, RT radiation therapy, WBRT whole brain radiation therapy, SRS stereotactic radiosurgery.

aOne patient not included because of consent withdrawal.