Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics by Prosigna (PAM50) subtype.

From: The Prosigna 50-gene profile and responsiveness to adjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy in high-risk breast cancer patients

Characteristics

Trial population

Study population

Molecular subtype

Luminal A

Luminal B

Basal-like

Her2-E

Pa

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

 

No. of patients

962

 

686

 

132

19

78

11

259

38

217

32

 

Age

            

<0.0001

<40 years

163

17

97

14

17

13

13

17

46

18

21

10

 

40–49 years

472

49

345

50

87

66

48

62

120

46

90

41

 

50–59 years

201

21

155

23

15

11

10

13

69

27

61

28

 

60–69 years

126

13

89

13

13

10

7

9

24

9

45

21

 

Menopausal status

            

<0.0001

Pre

688

72

475

69

116

88

68

87

177

68

114

53

 

Post

274

28

211

31

16

12

10

13

82

32

103

47

 

Loco-regional therapy

            

0.02

BCS

187

19

114

17

27

20

17

22

50

19

20

9

 

M −RTG

576

60

416

61

80

61

44

56

154

59

138

64

 

M +RTG

197

20

154

22

25

19

17

22

53

20

59

27

 

M ?RTG

2

0.2

2

0.3

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

 

Lymph node status

            

<0.0001

Negative

352

37

244

36

70

53

42

54

99

38

33

15

 

1–3 positive

321

33

222

32

33

25

21

27

90

35

78

36

 

4+ positive

289

30

220

32

29

22

15

19

70

27

106

49

 

Tumor size

            

0.0002

0–20 mm

422

44

272

40

75

57

32

41

94

36

71

33

 

21–50 mm

462

48

357

52

52

39

41

53

145

56

119

39

 

>50 mm

73

8

57

8

5

4

5

6

20

8

27

4

 

Unknown

5

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Histologic type

            

0.004

Ductal

897

93

642

94

123

93

77

99

236

91

206

95

 

Lobular

19

2

12

2

6

5

1

1

2

1

3

1

 

Other

42

4

31

5

3

2

0

0

20

8

8

4

 

Unknown

4

0.4

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

1

0.4

0

0

 

Malignancy gradeb

            

<0.0001

Grade I

67

7

35

5

17

14

4

5

5

2

9

4

 

Grade II

474

53

335

52

89

72

59

77

73

31

114

55

 

Grade III

356

40

272

42

17

14

14

18

158

67

83

40

 

ER status

            

<0.0001

Positive

202

21

155

23

68

52

47

60

6

2

34

16

 

Negative

420

44

328

48

19

14

8

10

183

71

118

54

 

Unknown

340

35

203

30

45

34

23

29

70

27

65

30

 

HER2

            

<0.0001

Normal

586

61

463

67

116

88

69

88

246

95

32

15

 

Positive

288

30

223

33

16

12

9

12

13

5

185

85

 

Unknown

88

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

TOP2A

            

<0.0001

Deletion

87

9

67

10

8

6

3

4

12

5

44

20

 

Normal

594

62

451

66

99

75

62

79

208

80

82

38

 

Amplification

92

10

77

11

6

5

4

5

11

4

56

26

 

Unknown

189

20

91

13

19

14

9

12

28

11

35

16

 

Chemotherapy

            

0.18

CMF

515

54

362

53

59

45

44

56

145

56

114

53

 

CEF

447

46

324

47

73

55

34

44

114

44

103

47

 
  1. Her2-E Her2-enriched, BCS breast conserving surgery, M mastectomy, RT radiotherapy, CMF cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil, CEF cyclophosphamide, epirubicin and fluorouracil.
  2. aTest of categorical variable versus molecular subtype.
  3. bDuctal carcinomas only.