Table 1 Patient characteristics and clinicopathological variables of the study cohort based on national cancer quality registry data.

From: Cross comparison and prognostic assessment of breast cancer multigene signatures in a large population-based contemporary clinical series

 

All samples

ER+/HER2−/LN+

ER+/HER2−/LN−

HER2+/ER+

HER2+/ER−

TNBC

Number of samples

3520

943

1527

321

140

340

ER status (%)

Negative (ER IHC ≤ 10%)*

14.5

0

0

0

100

100

Positive (ER IHC > 10%)*

84.2

100

100

100

0

0

NA

1.3

0

0

0

0

0

PR status (%)

Negative (PR IHC ≤ 10%)*

26.5

13

12

32

96

100

Positive (PR IHC > 10%)*

72.1

87

88

68

4

0

NA

1.4

0

0

0

0

0

HER2 status (%)

Negative

82.4

100

100

0

0

100

Positive

13.2

0

0

100

100

0

NA

4.4

0

0

0

0

0

Age (median and range)

65 (25–100)

65 (25–95)

65 (30–100)

63 (30–95)

70 (35–95)

65 (30–95)

Tumor size (median mm and range)

17 (0–126)

20 (0–126)

15 (1–110)

18 (1–120)

20.5 (0–70)

20 (0–100)

NHG (%)

1

15

13

24

2

0

1

2

47

56

55

30

11

11

3

36

30

20

66

84

84

NA

2

2

1

3

4

3

Lymph node status (%)

0 positive nodes

59

0

100

54

43

64

1–3 positive nodes

27

71

0

27

31

24

≥4 positive nodes

9

23

0

12

19

8

Sub micro metastasis

2

6

0

3

2

2

NA

3

0

0

4

6

2

Treatment (%)

All samples

ER+/HER2−/LN+

ER+/HER2−/LN−

HER2+/ER+

HER2+/ER−

TNBC

Endocrine only

49

48

71

17

1

1

ACT only

8

1

0

0

1

70

Endocrine & ACT

22

49

15

2.5

0

1

Anti-HER2 & ACT

3

0

0

2

79

1

Anti-HER2 & ACT & endocrine

8

0.7

0

74

6

0

Untreated

10

1.6

13

3

8

24

NA or other combination

0

0

1

1.5

5

3

  1. *In Sweden the cut-off by IHC for ER and PR is ≤10% staining intensity.
  2. NHG: Nottingham grade index.
  3. ACT: Adjuvant chemotherapy.
  4. Anti-HER2: HER2-targeted therapy (mainly trastuzumab).
  5. NA: data not available.
  6. Bold groups indicate clinical treatment groups used for signature evaluation.