Table 1 Description of the 1152 patients included in the sample.

From: Adequacy of early-stage breast cancer systemic adjuvant treatment to Saint Gallen-2013 statement: the MCC-Spain study

Variable

Category

N (%)

Age (mean ± sd)

 

56.2 ± 12.2

Age

< 65

864 (75.0)

≥ 65

288 (25.0)

Grade of differentiation

I (well differentiated)

260 (22.6)

II (moderately differentiated)

367 (31.9)

III (poorly differentiated)

222 (19.3)

Missing

303 (26.3)

Histological type

Ductal

918 (79.7)

Lobular

82 (7.1)

Papilar

16 (1.4)

Others

136 (11.8)

Pathological stage

0

36 (3.1)

I

519 (45.1)

II

597 (51.8)

Progesterone receptors

Negative

262 (22.7)

Positive

887 (77.0)

Missing

3 (0.3)

Oestrogen receptors

Negative

155 (13.5)

Positive

996 (86.4)

Missing

1 (0.1)

HER2 receptors

Negative

953 (82.7)

Positive

199 (17.3)

Intrinsic subtype

Luminal A-like

687 (59.6)

Luminal B-like

324 (28.1)

HER2 positive (non-luminal)

52 (4.5)

Triple negative (ductal)

89 (7.7)

Recurrence in the follow-up

No

1066 (92.5)

Local

20 (1.7)

Regional

9 (0.8)

Distant

57 (5.0)

Vital status at the end of follow-up

Alive

1058 (91.1)

Dead

94 (8.9)