Table 1 Characteristics of primary tumors according to tissue-obtained metastatic sites

From: Presence of tertiary lymphoid structures determines the level of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in primary breast cancer and metastasis

 

Tissue-obtained metastatic sites

Lung (%)

Liver (%)

Brain (%)

Ovary (%)

Histological type

  DCIS

2 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  IDC

158 (99)

94 (97)

52 (98)

23 (92)

  ILC

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (2)

2 (8)

  Mucinous carcinoma

0 (0)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Histological grade

  1

4 (3)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  2

63 (39)

47 (49)

14 (26)

18 (72)

  3

70 (44)

33 (34)

35 (66)

5 (20)

   Unknown

23 (14)

16 (16)

4 (8)

2 (8)

Hormone receptor

  Negative

57 (36)

29 (30)

28 (53)

2 (8)

  Positive

90 (56)

62 (64)

23 (43)

23 (92)

  Unknown

13 (8)

6 (6)

2 (4)

0 (0)

HER2

  Negative

97 (61)

52 (54)

21 (40)

21 (84)

  Positive

41 (26)

31 (32)

29 (55)

4 (16)

  Unknown

22 (14)

14 (14)

3 (5)

0 (0)

Subtype

  HR+/HER2−

61 (38)

42 (43)

10 (19)

19 (76)

  HR+/HER2+

22 (14)

12 (12)

13 (25)

4 (16)

  HR−/HER2+

19 (12)

19 (20)

15 (28)

0 (0)

  TN

36 (22)

10 (10)

11 (21)

2 (8)

  Unknown

22 (14)

14 (15)

4 (7)

0 (0)

TIL (%, median)

2

3.5

5

2

TLS

  Absent

52 (32)

42 (43)

18 (34)

21 (84)

  Present

60 (38)

26 (27)

23 (43)

3 (12)

  Unknown

48 (30)

29 (30)

12 (23)

1 (4)

  1. DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, HR hormone receptor, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, TIL tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, TLS tertiary lymphoid structure, TN triple-negative