Table 1 Patient demographics. The clinical characteristics of 48 patients with mutational and/or gene expression data

From: Molecular characterisation of aromatase inhibitor-resistant advanced breast cancer: the phenotypic effect of ESR1 mutations

Clinical characteristics

n (%)

 Diagnosis

   Age (years)

Mean

54

 

Range

27–86

   Disease status

EBC

41 (85)

 

Locally advanced

5 (10)

 

Metastatic

2 (5)

  Age at start of AI treatment (years)

Mean

62

 

Range

33–88

 Pre-AI biopsy

   Site

Primary

30 (62)

 

Local recurrence

17 (35)

 

Distant recurrence

1 (2)

   Disease status

EBC

24 (50)

 

Locoregional recurrence

20 (42)

 

MBC

4 (8)

 AI therapy b/w 1st and 2nd biopsy

   Type

Letrozole

25 (52)

 

Anastrozole

21 (44)

 

Exemestane

2 (5)

   Disease setting for AI therapy

Adj/neoadj

9 (19)

 

Local recurrence

25 (52)

 

Metastatic

14 (30)

 Post-AI biopsy

   Site

Primary

7 (15)

 

Local recurrence

26 (54)

 

Distant recurrence

15 (31)

   Disease status

EBC

3 (6)

 

Locoregional recurrence

17 (36)

 

MBC

28 (58)

  Endocrine therapy prior AI treatment

None

11 (23)

 

Tamoxifen

31 (65)

 

Tamoxifen + AI

5 (10)

 

Grosrelin

1 (2)

  Endocrine therapy after PD on AI

AI

31 (65)

 

Tamoxifen

7 (15)

 

Fulvestrant

5 (10)

  HER2 status of either tissues

HER2 positivea

7 (15)

 

Trastuzumab received

6 (13)

  Overall survivalb (years)

Median

8.75

 

Range

2-33

  1. EBC early breast cancer, MBC metastatic breast cancer, AI aromatase inhibitor, PD progressive disease
  2. aEither 1st or 2nd tissue sample
  3. bDefined as time from first breast cancer diagnosis to death (alive patients censored)