Table 5 Median DFI and independent risk factors for metastasis.

From: First prospective data on breast cancer patients from the multicentre italian bone metastasis database

 

Overall DFI

bDFI

 

Median

(95%CI)

HR from univariate Cox regression model (95%CI)

HR from multivariate Cox regression model (95%CI)

Median

(95%CI)

HR from univariate Cox regression model (95%CI)

HR from multivariate Cox regression model (95%CI)

All cases

75.7 (63.5–87.3)

78.2 (63.6–87.9)

Age at diagnosis of primary BC, years

 < 55

82.1 (65.4–112.9)

1.00

1.00

89.6 (65.4–114.8)

1.00

1.00

 ≥ 55

65.0 (48.1–81.5)

1.91 (1.4–2.7)

1.48 (0.9–2.2)

65.0 (51.1–86.0)

1.89 (1.4–2.6)

1.27 (0.9–1.9)

BC molecular subtypes

Luminal A

101.9 (57.0–125.7)

1.00

1.00

101.9 (57.0–125.7)

1.00

1.00

Luminal B

63.5 (48.6–75.7)

1.66 (1.1–2.5)

1.46 (0.9–2.4)

63.6 (52.7–78.5)

1.54 (0.9–2.4)

1.27 (0.8–2.0)

Basal-like

30.0 (13.4–NE)

3.92 (1.6–9.7)

3.94 (1.4–11.0)

30.0 (2.1–66.1)

4.29 (1.8–10.1)

3.82 (1.4–10.6)

HER2+

53.1 (30.9–100.1)

1.28 (0.7–2.4)

1.44 (0.7–2.9)

53.1 (47.9–100.2)

1.17 (0.6–2.2)

1.22 (0.6–2.5)

Stage at diagnosis

I

67.2 (53.1–96.1)

1.00

1.00

82.2 (53.6–125.7)

1.00

1.00

II

83.3 (66.5–99.2)

0.98 (0.6–1.5)

1.09 (0.5–2.3)

83.2 (66.5–101.9)

1.07 (0.7–1.7)

1.16 (0.6–2.4)

III

58.1 (41.9–73.4)

1.84 (1.1–3.0)

1.35 (0.5–3.2)

60.9 (41.9–75.6)

2.1 (1.3–3.5)

1.55 (0.7–3.7)

IV

pT at primary diagnosis of BC

T0–T2

76.7 (61.0–87.3)

1.00

1.00

78.5 (63.6–87.9)

1.00

1.00

T3–T4

20.6 (3.3–65.4)

3.7 (1.9–7.1)

3.24 (1.5–7.1)

18.6 (3.3–57.0)

4.5 (2.4–8.2)

3.02 (1.4–6.6)

pN at primary diagnosis of BC

N0

83.3 (56.1–101.9)

1.00

1.00

89.6 (61.1–118.2)

1.00

1.00

N+

66.5 (56.3–80.0)

1.36 (0.9–1.9)

0.91 (0.5–1.7)

66.5 (57.0–79.0)

1.47 (1.0–2.1)

0.97 (0.5–1.8)

  1. DFI disease-free interval, bDFI bone disease-free interval, HR hazard ratio, BC breast cancer, NE not evaluable from statistical software, pT primary tumour, pN pathological lymph node.