Table 1 Clinicopathological information and corresponding fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of both autopsy and surgical cohorts

From: MYC gene amplification is often acquired in lethal distant breast cancer metastases of unamplified primary tumors

Case

Age at diagnosis (years)

Primary tumor type and grade

Stage at diagnosis

Age at death (years)

Molecular subtype

PBC c-myc

MBC c-myc

1

54

ILC, grade 2

T2N0M0

65

LA loss

NDA

NDA

2

59

IDC, grade 2

T1N0M0

68

LA

NDA

NDA

3

48

IDC, grade 3

T2N3M0

54

LA

NDA

NDA

4

71

IDC, grade 3

T2N0MX

79

BLC

NDA

NDA

5

35

IDC, grade 3

T2N1MX

36

HER2 loss

NDA

NDA

6

57

IDC, grade 2

T4N1M1

58

LA loss

NDA

NDA

7

33

IDC, grade 3

T3N1M0

37

BLC

DUP

DUP

8

38

IDC, grade 3

T2NXMX

43

LA

DUP

DUP

9

42

IDC, grade 3

T3N1M1

47

HER2

NDA

AMP

10

51

IDC, grade 3

T2N0M0

53

BLC

DUP

AMP

11

28

IDC, grade 3

T2N1MX

38

LA

DUP

AMP

12

33

IDC, grade 3

T1N1MX

37

BLC

DUP

AMP

13

56

IDC, grade 2

T2N1M0

61

LA loss

AMP

AMP

14

40

IDC, grade 3

T1N1M0

48

LA loss

AMP

AMP

15

47

IDC, grade 3

T2N1MX

48

BLC

AMP

AMP

16

33

IDC, grade 3

T3N1M1

Still alive

HER2

NDA

NDA

17

50

IDC, grade 3

T2N1MX

Still alive

LA

NDA

NDA

18

34

IDC, grade 3

T2N2M1

35

BLC

DUP

AMP

19

38

ILC, grade not reported

T1cN0MX

44

LA

NDA

NDA

20

45

IDC, grade not reported

Unknown

Still alive

LA

NDA

AMP

21

36

IDC, grade 2

T1cN0MX

Still alive

HER2

Failed

AMP

22

39

IDC, grade 3

T2N0MX

45

BLC

NDA

DUP

23

53

IDC, grade not reported

Unknown

55

BLC

AMP

AMP

24

38

IDC, grade 3

T1cN0MX

43

BLC

NDA

NDA

25

53

IDC, grade 3

T2N2MX

59

LA

NDA

NDA

  1. Abbreviations: BLC, basal-like carcinoma; HER2, HER2 amplified; HER2 loss, HER2 loss in metastases; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; LA, luminal A; LA Loss, luminal A, ER/PR loss in metastases; MBC, metastatic breast cancer; NDA, no duplication or amplification; PBC, primary breast cancer.