Table 1 Characteristics of breast cancer patients included in the study

From: Peripheral immune cells in metastatic breast cancer patients display a systemic immunosuppressed signature consistent with chronic inflammation

 

All (n = 104)

TNBC (n = 47)

HR+ BC (n = 57)

Age (years)

54.0 (47.5-62.0)

55.0 (43.0-62.0)

53.0 (48.0-62.0)

Sex

 Male

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.8%)

 Female

103 (99.0%)

47 (100.0%)

56 (98.2%)

Breast cancer subtype

 Triple negative BC (TNBC)

47 (45.2%)

 

 HR+/HER2 BC (HR+BC)

57 (54.8%)

 

Denovo metastatic disease

25 (24%)

11 (23.4%)

14 (24.6%)

Disease stage at sampling

 Stage IV

104 (100.0%)

47 (100.0%)

57 (100.0%)

Previous (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy

74 (71.2%)

35 (74.5%)

39 (68.4%)

Previous Lines of metastatic chemotherapy

None

56 (53.8%)

29 (61.7%)

27 (47.4%)

 1 line

46 (44.2%)

17 (36.2%)

29 (50.9%)

 2 lines

2 (1.9%)

1 (2.1%)

1 (1.8%)

Chemotherapy naive

17 (16.3%)

9 (19.1%)

8 (14.0%)

Previous CDK4/6 inhibitor

55 (52.9%)

3 (6.4%)

52 (91.2%)

Previous adjuvant radiotherapy

74 (71.2%)

29 (61.7%)

45 (78.9%)

Previous palliative radiotherapy

30 (28.8%)

9 (19.1%)

21 (36.8%)

Initial diagnosis to sampling (months)

63.4 (26.6-120.4)

31.2 (12.9-86.7)

83.2 (44.0-145.0)

Advanced diagnosis to sampling (months)

16.9 (2.1-30.0)

1.9 (0.8-7.2)

24.8 (17.5-37.5)

Bone metastases

72 (69.2%)

21 (44.7%)

51 (89.5%)

Liver metastases

61 (58.7%)

17 (36.2%)

44 (77.2%)

Lung metastases

34 (32.7%)

20 (42.6%)

14 (24.6%)

More than 3 sites of metastases

22 (21.2%)

7 (14.9%)

15 (26.3%)

  1. Data are presented as median (IQR) for continuous measures, and n (%) for categorical measures.