Table 2 Description of St Gallen fulfilment/non-fulfilment according to breast cancer intrinsic subtypes.

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

Intrinsic subtype

St Gallen fulfilment

Reason of non-fulfilment

n (%)a

Luminal A-like (n = 687)

In St Gallen

 

298 (43.4)

Over St Gallen

Neoadjuvant + adjuvant chemotherapy

1 (0.1)

Chemotherapy

220 (32.0)

Under St Gallen

Lack of endocrine therapy

156 (22.7)

Lack of chemotherapy

12 (1.7)

Luminal B-like (n = 324)

In St Gallen

 

139 (42.9)

Over St Gallen

Neoadjuvant + adjuvant chemotherapy

12 (3.7)

Under St Gallen

Lack of endocrine therapy

48 (14.8)

Lack of chemotherapy

54 (16.7)

Lack of anti-HER2 therapy

17 (5.3)

Lack of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy

1 (0.5)

No systemic treatment recorded

54 (16.7)

HER2 positive (non-luminal) (n = 52)

In St Gallen

 

17 (32.7)

Over St Gallen

Neoadjuvant + adjuvant chemotherapy

7 (13.5)

Under St Gallen

Lack of chemotherapy

1 (1.9)

Lack of anti-HER2 therapy

13 (44.8)

No systemic treatment recorded

14 (26.9)

Triple negative (ductal) (n = 89)

In St Gallen

 

69 (77.5)

Over St Gallen

Anti-Her2 therapy

1 (1.1)

Endocrine therapy

2 (2.3)

Under St Gallen

Lack of chemotherapy

17 (19.1)

Total (n = 1152)

In St Gallen

 

523 (45.4)

Over St Gallen

 

243 (21.1)

Under St Gallen

 

386 (33.5)

  1. aPercentages refer to each intrinsic subtype.