Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with HER2-amplified breast cancer who received NAC and HER2-targeted therapy, stratified by NAC regimen.

From: Pathologic complete response and survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cT1-T2/N0 HER2+ breast cancer

  

NAC regimen

 

Overall N = 6994

Single agent n = 662

Multi-agent n = 6253

Age (median, IQR)

53 (45–62)

60 (49–70)

53 (44–61)

Age category (no, %)

<40

954 (13.6)

54 (8.2)

892 (14.3)

40–49

1700 (24.3)

112 (16.9)

1565 (25.0)

50–59

2147 (30.7)

161 (24.3)

1964 (31.4)

60–69

1579 (22.6)

162 (24.5)

1400 (22.4)

70–79

549 (7.8)

133 (20.1)

408 (6.5)

80+

65 (0.9)

40 (6.0)

24 (0.4)

Race (no, %)

White

5772 (82.9)

562 (85.2)

5145 (82.7)

Black

745 (10.7)

61 (9.2)

678 (10.9)

Othera

443 (6.4)

37 (5.6)

399 (6.4)

Charlson Comorbidity Index (no, %)

0

6150 (87.9)

563 (85.0)

5518 (88.2)

1

685 (9.8)

73 (11.0)

602 (9.6)

≥2

159 (2.3)

26 (3.9)

133 (2.1)

cT stage (no, %)

cT1

2242 (32.1)

273 (41.2)

1934 (30.9)

cT2

4752 (67.9)

389 (58.8)

4319 (69.1)

Histology (no, %)

Ductal

6280 (89.8)

589 (89.0)

5620 (89.9)

Lobular

559 (8.0)

56 (8.5)

498 (8.0)

Other

155 (2.2)

17 (2.6)

135 (2.2)

Hormone receptor status (no, %)

ER+

4709 (67.4)

444 (67.1)

4206 (67.3)

PR+

3802 (54.4)

361 (54.5)

3401 (54.5)

Grade (no, %)

Well-differentiated

312 (4.8)

40 (6.5)

267 (4.6)

Moderately differentiated

2610 (39.8)

265 (42.9)

2311 (39.4)

Poorly or undifferentiated

3637 (55.5)

313 (50.6)

3290 (56.1)

Type of surgery (no, %)

Mastectomy

3444 (49.3)

308 (46.5)

3088 (49.4)

Breast-conserving surgery

3547 (50.7)

354 (53.5)

3162 (50.6)

Lymph node surgery (no, %)

ALND

1755 (25.2)

178 (26.9)

1550 (24.9)

SLNB

4967 (71.2)

441 (66.6)

4479 (71.9)

None

252 (3.6)

43 (6.5)

204 (3.3)

Radiation therapy (no, %)

3924 (56.2)

363 (55.4)

3527 (56.5)

Endocrine therapy (no, %)

4298 (62.7)

396 (61.8)

3855 (62.9)

  1. NAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy, ALND axillary lymph node dissection, SLNB sentinel lymph node biopsy.
  2. aOther race categories were collapsed due to small sample sizes. “Other” race includes American Indian, Aleutian, Eskimo, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other races.