Table 4 The clinical background of 11 patients with AR-positive TNBC recurred

From: Clinical verification of sensitivity to preoperative chemotherapy in cases of androgen receptor-expressing positive breast cancer

No

Age

Menopause

Tumour size (cm)

Lymph node status

Nuclear grade

Ki67 (%)

Pathological response

Disease-free interval (years)

AR expression of CNB specimens before NAC

AR expression of surgical specimens after NAC

AR expression of CNB specimens after recurrence

1

53

Positive

2.3

Positive

1

10

Non-pCR

0.85

Positive

Positive

Positive

2

40

Negative

3.2

Negative

3

75

pCR

0.76

Positive

NA

Positive

3

39

Negative

3.1

Positive

3

67

Non-pCR

0.99

Positive

Positive

Negative

4

30

Negative

3.3

Negative

2

50

Non-pCR

0.70

Positive

Positive

Negative

5

62

Positive

2.9

Positive

1

7

Non-pCR

0.10

Positive

Positive

Negative

6

65

Positive

2.5

Positive

3

71

Non-pCR

1.01

Positive

Positive

NA

7

58

Positive

2.2

Positive

2

57

Non-pCR

0.63

Positive

Positive

NA

8

44

Negative

1.8

Positive

2

82

Non-pCR

0.54

Positive

Negative

Negative

9

68

Positive

1.6

Positive

1

12

Non-pCR

0.88

Positive

Negative

Negative

10

63

Positive

3.8

Positive

3

62

Non-pCR

0.13

Positive

Negative

Negative

11

46

Negative

2.8

Positive

1

12

pCR

1.42

Positive

NA

NA

  1. Abbreviations: AR=androgen receptor; CNB=core-needle biopsy; NAC=neoadjuvant chemotherapy ; pCR=pathological complete response; NA=not available.