Table 2 Clinicopathologic features comparing ILC and non-ILC cohorts stratified by receptor subtype (ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; IQR, interquartile range; HR, hormone receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor-2; TN, triple negative)

From: A pooled analysis evaluating prognostic significance of Residual Cancer Burden in invasive lobular breast cancer

  

HR+HER2- ILC (n = 159)

HR+HER2-non-ILC (n = 1773)

p-value

TN or

HER2+ILC (n = 57)

TN or

HER2+ non-ILC (n = 3117)

p-value

Median age, years (IQR)

 

50 (46–59)

49 (42–57)

<0.001

52 (46–61)

49 (41–57)

0.015

Clinical T category

   

<0.001

  

0.161

 

0

1 (0.6%)

4 (0.2%)

 

0 (0.0%)

6 (0.2%)

 
 

1

9 (5.7%)

136 (7.7%)

 

4 (7.0%)

303 (9.7%)

 
 

2

72 (45.3%)

1110 (62.6%)

 

30 (52.6%)

1897 (60.9%)

 
 

3

61 (38.4%)

343 (19.3%)

 

18 (31.2%)

595 (19.1%)

 
 

4

8 (5.0%)

113 (6.4%)

 

3 (5.2%)

216 (6.9%)

 
 

Missing

8 (5.0%)

67 (3.8%)

 

2 (3.5%)

100 (3.2%)

 

Clinically node positive

 

78 (49.1%)

1023 (57.7%)

0.037

29 (50.9%)

1623 (52.1%)

0.894

 

Missing

6 (3.8%)

59 (3.3%)

 

2 (3.5%)

112 (3.6%)

 

Histological grade

   

<0.001

  

<0.001

 

1

24 (15.1%)

79 (4.5%)

 

6 (10.5%)

20 (0.6%)

 
 

2

99 (62.3%)

805 (45.4%)

 

28 (49.1%)

745 (23.9%)

 
 

3

10 (6.3%)

763 (43.0%)

 

19 (33.3%)

2130 (68.3%)

 
 

Missing

26 (16.4%)

126 (7.1%)

 

4 (7.0%)

222 (7.1%)

 
  1. Bold indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).