Table 1 Patient demographics from TM study.

From: Tetrathiomolybdate (TM)-associated copper depletion influences collagen remodeling and immune response in the pre-metastatic niche of breast cancer

Total patients

N = 75

Median age, y (range)

51 (29–66)

Post-menopausal at study entry

52 (69%)

AJCC stage

 

Stage II, n (%)

4 (5)

Stage III, n (%)

41 (54)

Stage IV NED, n (%)

30 (40.0)

Median tumor size in stage II/III adjuvant pts, cm (range)

2.3 (1.2–7.0)

Median positive lymph nodes in stage II/III adjuvant pts, n (range)

6 (1–42)

Prior disease sites for stage IV pts, n

 

Chest wall

13

Liver

4

Bone only, axilla, lung

3 each

Brain

2

Peritoneum

1

Molecular subtype, n (%)

 

Luminal A

7 (9.3)

Luminal B

13 (17.3)

Luminal A/B

10 (13.33)

Her2-neu positive

9 (12.0)

Triple-negative

36 (48.0)

Prior adjuvant antitumor therapy, n (%)

 

Anthracycline and taxane-based therapy

54 (72.0)

Adriamycin-based therapy

6 (8.0)

Cytoxan, Methotrexate, 5-Fluorouracil therapy

5 (6.7)

Trastuzumab

7 (9.3)

Median number of prior chemo regimens in the metastatic setting, n (range)

1 (0–3)

Endocrine therapy on TM, n (%)

 

Tamoxifen

13 (17.3)

Aromatase inhibitors

17 (22.7)

Previous aromatase inhibitors or tamoxifen use

11 (14.7)

Leuprolide

8 (10.7)