Table 1 Baseline clinical and diagnostic biopsy pathologic variables of the cohort

From: Longitudinal evaluation of circulating tumor DNA in patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy for early breast cancer using a tumor-informed assay

 

Cohort characteristics

 

All patients (N = 119)

Triple negative (N = 32)

ER-positive (N = 41)

HER2+ (N = 46)

Follow-Up, Median (Years) [Range]

4.7 [0.6–7.7]

4.4 [0.6–7.0]

4.3 [0.9–7.7]

4.8 [2.1–7.0]

Age, Median (Range)

49 (24–79)

50 (24–70)

48 (32–77)

50 (33–79)

Sex, n (%)

 F

118 (99.2%)

32 (100.0%)

40 (97.6%)

46 (100.0%)

 M

1 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.4%)

0 (0.0%)

Menopausal status, n (%)

 Post

42 (35.6%)

12 (37.5%)

11 (27.5%)

19 (41.3%)

 Pre

76 (64.4%)

20 (62.5%)

29 (72.5%)

27 (58.7%)

 Missing

1

0

1

0

Tumour Size, n (%)

 T1/T2

79 (66.4%)

25 (78.1%)

20 (48.8%)

34 (73.9%)

 T3/T4

40 (33.6%)

7 (21.9%)

21 (51.2%)

12 (26.1%)

Nodal Status, n (%)

 N0

46 (38.7%)

19 (59.4%)

16 (39.0%)

11 (23.9%)

 N1

73 (61.3%)

13 (40.6%)

25 (61.0%)

35 (76.1%)

Grade (Diagnostic biopsy), n (%)

 2

32 (26.9%)

2 (6.3%)

19 (46.3%)

11 (23.9%)

 2 to 3

24 (20.2%)

6 (18.8%)

7 (17.1%)

11 (23.9%)

 3

63 (52.9%)

24 (75.0%)

15 (36.6%)

24 (52.2%)

Histology, n (%)

 IDC

110 (92.4%)

29 (90.6%)

37 (90.2%)

44 (95.7%)

 Other

9 (7.6%)

3 (9.4%)

4 (9.8%)

2 (4.3%)

Neoadjuvant treatment, n (%)

 Anthracycline + Taxane

103 (86.6%)

28 (87.5%)

39 (95.1%)

36 (78.3%)

 Endocrine Therapy

2 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (4.9%)

0 (0.0%)

 Taxane

14 (11.8%)

4 (12.5%)

0 (0.0%)

10 (21.7%)

Pathological outcome, n (%)

 RCB-0

34 (28.6%)

9 (28.1%)

4 (9.8%)

21 (45.7%)

 RCB-1

25 (21.0%)

8 (25.0%)

3 (7.3%)

14 (30.4%)

 RCB-2

43 (36.1%)

11 (34.4%)

23 (56.1%)

9 (19.6%)

 RCB-3

17 (14.3%)

4 (12.5%)

11 (26.8%)

2 (4.3%)

Recurrences, n (%)

 No

100 (84.0%)

25 (78.1%)

30 (73.2%)

45 (97.8%)

 Yes

19 (16.0%)

7 (21.9%)

11 (26.8%)

1 (2.2%)