Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the surgical cohort.

From: Histopathological growth patterns and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer liver metastases

Clinicopathological characteristics of the primary disease

 

n

‘any d-HGP’

‘pure r-HGP’

OR

CI 95%

p

Menopausal status (post- vs pre-menopausal)

   

1.75

0.78–4.00

0.175

 Post-menopausal

42

19 (33.3)

23 (50.0)

   

 Pre-menopausal

61

38 (66.7)

23 (50.0)

   

 Missing

30

17

13

   

Age (>50 vs ≤50 years)

   

0.76

0.34–1.66

0.501

 ≤50

68

36 (60.0)

32 (69.6)

   

 >50

38

24 (40.0)

14 (30.4)

   

 Missing

27

14

13

   

cT (>1 vs 1)

   

1.20

0.44–3.42

0.729

 1

20

12 (23.1)

8 (20.0)

   

 2

52

27 (51.9)

25 (62.5)

   

 3

17

11 (21.1)

6 (15)

   

 4

3

2 (3.8)

1 (2.5)

   

 Missing

33

18

15

   

cN (≥1 vs 0)

   

1.17

0.47–2.93

0.734

 0

46

27 (51.9)

19 (47.5)

   

 1

37

21 (40.4)

16 (40.0)

   

 2

8

3 (5.8)

5 (12.5)

   

 3c

1

1 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

   

 Missing

41

22

19

   

cM (1 vs 0)

   

1.08

0.39–2.95

0.880

 0

57

35 (68.6)

22 (71.0)

   

 1

25

16 (31,4)

9 (29.0)

   

 Missing

51

23

28

   

pN (1 vs 0)

   

2.16

0.73–6.95

0.162

 0

26

16 (47.1)

10 (30.3)

   

 1

41

18 (52.9)

23 (69.7)

   

 Missing

66

40

26

   

Histological subtype (ILC vs NST)

   

0.88

0.30–2.61

0.818

 invasive ductal adenocarcinoma (NST)

106

59 (85.5)

47 (85.4)

   

 invasive lobular adenocarcinoma (ILC)

17

9 (13.0)

8 (14.5)

   

 Mucinous adenocarcinoma

1

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

   

 Missing

9

5

4

   

Histological grade (2 and 3 vs 1)

   

0.95

0.29–3.11

0.926

 1

11

6 (11.8)

5 (16.7)

   

 2

50

30 (58.8)

20 (66.7)

   

 3

16

12 (23.5)

4 (13.3)

   

 Missing

56

26

30

   

Laterality (right vs left)

   

2.24

1.00–5.12

0.049

 Bilateral

8

6 (9.4)

2 (4.3)

   

 Left

61

40 (62.5)

21 (45.7)

   

 Right

41

18 (28.1)

23 (50.0)

   

 Missing

23

10

13

   

ER status (positive vs negative)

   

1.63

0.57–5.08

0.364

 Negative

18

12 (18.2)

6 (12.2)

   

 Positive

97

54 (81.8)

43 (87.7)

   

 Missing

18

8

10

   

HER2 status (amplified vs non-amplified)

   

0.76

0.25–2.16

0.607

 Non-amplified

89

49 (81.7)

40 (85.1)

   

 Amplified

18

11 (18.3)

7 (14.9)

   

 Missing

26

14

12

   

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (yes vs no)

   

0.73

0.26–1.98

0.545

 No

76

43 (69.4)

33 (80.5)

   

 Yes

27

19 (30.6)

8 (19.5)

   

 Missing

30

12

18

   

Clinicopathological characteristics of liver metastasis

ER-status (positive vs negative)

   

0.71

0.30–1.68

0.439

 Negative

28

14 (20.0)

14 (25.0)

   

 Positive

98

56 (80,0)

42 (75,0)

   

 Missing

7

4

3

   

HER2 status (amplified vs non-amplified)

   

0.87

0.35–2.10

0.758

 Non-amplified

100

54 (77.1)

46 (80.7)

   

 Amplified

27

16 (22.9)

11 (19.3)

   

 Missing

6

4

2

   

Extrahepatic metastasis (yes vs no)

   

2.93

0.96–9.58

0.060

 No

94

58 (90.6)

36 (76.6)

   

 Yes

17

6 (9.4)

11 (23.4)

   

 Missing

22

10

12

   

Time between BC diagnosis and liver surgery (continuous)

   

1.00

1.00–1.00

0.430

 <1 month

27

18 (28.6)

9 (19.1)

   

 <1 year

8

7 (11.1)

1 (2.1)

   

 <2 years

11

7 (11.1)

4 (8.5)

   

 ≥2 years

65

31 (49.2)

34 (70.2)

   

 Missing

22

11

11

   

Systemic preoperative treatment before liver surgery (yes vs no)

   

0.41

0.17–0.96

0.039

 No

34

12 (16.2)

22 (37.3)

   

 Yes

99

62 (83.8)

37 (62.7)

   

First site of progression (liver vs other)

   

1.52

0.42–5.45

0.513

 Liver (only)

86

50 (87.7)

36 (81.8)

   

 Liver and bone

2

0 (0.0)

2 (4.5)

   

 Liver, bone, and brain

1

0 (0.0)

1 (2.3)

   

 Other

12

7 (12.3)

5 (11.4)

   

 Unknown

32

17

15

   
  1. Regarding logistic regressions, the outcome is the HGP with ‘pure r-HGP’ as an event. For each variable, the reference is given on the right side of its label, and an OR > 1 indicates a positive association with ‘pure r-HGP’. p values  < 0.05 are considered significant and indicated in bold. BC breast cancer, T primary tumor, N regional lymph node, M distant metastasis, c clinical, p pathological, CI confidence interval, ER estrogen receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor-2, NST no special type, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, OR Odds ratio.