Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Clinical characteristics and predictive models of HER2-low breast cancer patients who only received adjuvant chemotherapy: a real-world retrospective multicenter study

 

SRRSH cohort (N = 3214)

CHLP cohort (N = 16,273)

Characteristics

Her2 zero

Her2 low

Her2 positive

p

Her2 zero

Her2 low

Her2 positive

p

All patients

1009

1399

806

 

5662

6471

4140

 

Age, years

Median age(range), years

58(26–94)

57(25–91)

57(28–83)

 

55(10–96)

55(23–92)

55(18–89)

 

Age

   

0.044b

   

<0.001b

 <30

2(0.20%)

6(0.43%)

1(0.12%)

 

52(0.92%)

55(0.85%)

51(1.23%)

 

 30–39

47(4.66%)

71(5.08%)

47(5.83%)

 

440(7.77%)

530(8.19%)

331(8.00%)

 

 40–49

180(17.84%)

263(18.80%)

121(15.01%)

 

1414(24.97%)

1687(26.07%)

940(22.71%)

 

 50–59

401(39.74%)

530(37.88%)

334(41.44%)

 

1746(30.84%)

1979(30.58%)

1274(30.77%)

 

 60–69

267(26.46%)

379(27.09%)

225(27.92%)

 

1382(24.41%)

1592(24.60%)

1058(25.56%)

 

 >70

112(11.10%)

150(10.72%)

78(9.68%)

 

628(11.09%)

628(9.70%)

486(11.74%)

 

Stagea

   

0.074c

   

<0.001c

 Early

842(83.45%)

1136(81.20%)

663(82.26%)

 

2594(45.81%)

4715(72.86%)

2945(71.14%)

 

 Advanced

127(12.59%)

224(16.01%)

122(15.14%)

 

3024(53.41%)

1650(25.50%)

1118(27.00%)

 

 Missing

40(3.96%)

39(2.79%)

21(2.61%)

 

44(0.78%)

106(1.64%)

77(1.86%)

 

Tumor status

   

0.232b

   

<0.001b

 T1

523(51.83%)

771(55.11%)

405(50.25%)

 

2694(47.58%)

2778(42.93%)

2223(53.70%)

 

 T2

429(42.52%)

562(40.17%)

355(44.04%)

 

2003(35.38%)

3282(50.72%)

1549(37.42%)

 

 T3

21(2.08%)

23(1.64%)

23(2.85%)

 

756(13.35%)

268(4.14%)

208(5.02%)

 

 T4

1(0.10%)

4(0.29%)

2(0.25%)

 

159(2.81%)

37(0.57%)

83(2.00%)

 

 X

0(0.00%)

2(0.14%)

2(0.25%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 Missing

35(3.47%)

37(2.64%)

19(2.36%)

 

50(0.88%)

106(1.64%)

77(1.86%)

 

Nodal status

   

<0.001b

   

<0.001b

 N0

568(56.29%)

686(49.04%)

475(58.93%)

 

2461(43.47%)

3397(52.50%)

2581(62.34%)

 

 N1

320(31.71%)

492(35.17%)

212(26.30%)

 

1908(33.70%)

2675(41.34%)

1153(27.85%)

 

 N2

86(8.52%)

152(10.86%)

77(9.55%)

 

941(16.62%)

245(3.79%)

266(6.43%)

 

 N3

33(3.27%)

68(4.86%)

41(5.09%)

 

341(6.02%)

147(2.27%)

129(3.12%)

 

 X

1(0.10%)

0(0.00%)

1(0.12%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 Missing

1(0.10%)

1(0.07%)

0(0.00%)

 

11(0.19%)

7(0.11%)

11(0.27%)

 

Intravascular cancer thrombus

  

0.164c

   

<0.001c

 

 Yes

62(6.14%)

105(7.51%)

68(8.44%)

 

1034(18.26%)

383(5.92%)

565(13.65%)

 

 No

947(93.86%)

1294(92.49%)

738(91.56%)

 

4628(81.74%)

6088(94.08%)

3575(86.35%)

 

Histologic type

   

<0.001b

   

<.001b

 Invasive ductal carcinoma

872(86.42%)

1260(90.06%)

765(94.91%)

 

4705(83.10%)

5432(83.94%)

3888(93.91%)

 

 Invasive lobular carcinoma

29(2.87%)

43(3.07%)

9(1.12%)

 

580(10.24%)

632(9.77%)

115(2.78%)

 

 Others

107(10.60%)

92(6.58%)

31(3.85%)

 

377(6.66%)

407(6.29%)

137(3.31%)

 

 Missing

1(0.10%)

4(0.29%)

1(0.12%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

ER status

   

<0.001c

   

<0.001

 Negative

381(37.76%)

311(22.23%)

455(56.45%)

 

1497(26.44%)

1370(21.17%)

1210(29.23%)

 

 Positive

627(62.14%)

1088(77.77%)

351(43.55%)

 

4165(73.56%)

5101(78.83%)

2930(70.77%)

 

 Missing

1(0.10%)

0(0.00%)

0(0.00%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

PgR status

   

<0.001c

   

<0.001c

 Negative

506(50.15%)

638(45.60%)

629(78.04%)

 

2110(37.27%)

2086(32.24%)

1920(46.38%)

 

 Positive

502(49.75%)

759(54.25%)

174(21.59%)

 

3552(62.73%)

4385(67.76%)

2220(53.62%)

 

 Missing

1(0.10%)

2(0.14%)

3(0.37%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

Subtype

   

<0.001b

   

<0.001b

 Luminal A

278(27.55%)

462(33.02%)

0(0.00%)

 

2829(49.96%)

2246(34.71%)

0(0.00%)

 

 Luminal B/HER2 negative

239(23.69%)

400(28.59%)

0(0.00%)

 

1099(19.41%)

2877(44.46%)

0(0.00%)

 

 Luminal B/HER2 positive

0(0.00%)

0(0.00%)

351(43.55%)

 

0(0.00%)

0(0.00%)

2988(72.17%)

 

 HER2 positive

0(0.00%)

0(0.00%)

441(54.71%)

 

0(0.00%)

0(0.00%)

1152(27.83%)

 

 Triple negative

370(36.67%)

303(21.66%)

0(0.00%)

 

1446(25.54%)

1277(19.73%)

0(0.00%)

 

 Missing

122(12.09%)

234(16.73%)

14(1.74%)

 

288(5.09%)

71(1.10%)

0(0.00%)

 

Endocrine therapy

   

<0.001c

   

<0001c

 Yes

647(64.12%)

1100(78.63%)

380(47.15%)

 

4034(71.25%)

5107(78.92%)

2824(68.21%)

 

 No

245(24.28%)

232(16.58%)

293(36.35%)

 

1424(25.15%)

1257(19.43%)

1092(26.38%)

 

 Missing

117(11.60%)

67(4.79%)

133(16.50%)

 

204(3.60%)

107(1.65%)

224(5.41%)

 

Radiation therapy

   

<0.001c

   

<0.001c

 Yes

606(60.06%)

916(65.48%)

429(53.23%)

 

3786(66.87%)

3919(60.56%)

2368(57.20%)

 

 No

383(37.96%)

439(31.38%)

352(43.67%)

 

1847(32.62%)

2428(37.52%)

1751(42.29%)

 

 Missing

20(1.98%)

44(3.15%)

25(3.10%)

 

29(0.51%)

124(1.92%)

21(0.51%)

 

Her2 target therapy

   

<0.001c

   

<0.001c

 Yes

4(0.40%)

14(1.00%)

431(53.47%)

 

0(0.00%)

0(0.00%)

1895(45.77%)

 

 No

1005(99.60%)

1385(99.00%)

375(46.53%)

 

5662(100.00%)

6471(100.00%)

2245(54.23%)

 

Ki67 index

   

<0.001b

    

 <15%

295(29.24%)

533(38.10%)

118(14.64%)

 

2035(35.94%)

1291(19.95%)

737(17.80%)

<0.001b

 15–35%

280(27.75%)

500(35.74%)

356(44.17%)

 

2304(40.69%)

3044(47.04%)

1891(45.68%)

 

 >35%

356(35.28%)

324(23.16%)

295(36.60%)

 

1035(18.28%)

2065(31.91%)

1459(35.24%)

 

 Missing

78(7.73%)

42(3.00%)

37(4.59%)

 

288(5.09%)

71(1.10%)

53(1.28%)

 

Chemotherapy protocols

   

<0.001b

   

NA

 EC + T

323(32.01%)

376(26.88%)

132(16.38%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 FEC

113(11.20%)

50(3.57%)

61(7.57%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 TC

222(22.00%)

376(26.88%)

52(6.45%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 Chemo+Target

158(15.66%)

322(23.02%)

71(8.81%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 Others

96(9.51%)

169(12.08%)

190(23.57%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 Missing

97(9.61%)

106(7.58%)

300(37.22%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

Vital status

   

<0.001c

   

<0.001c

 Alive

920(91.18%)

1349(96.43%)

764(94.79%)

 

4975(87.87%)

5956(92.04%)

3866(93.38%)

 

 Deceased

67(6.64%)

39(2.79%)

36(4.47%)

 

669(11.82%)

480(7.42%)

253(6.11%)

 

 Missing

22(2.18%)

11(0.79%)

6(0.74%)

 

18(0.32%)

35(0.54%)

21(0.51%)

 

Recurrence

   

0.019c

   

NA

 Yes

88(8.72%)

81(5.79%)

53(6.58%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 

 No

921(91.28%)

1318(94.21%)

753(93.42%)

 

NA

NA

NA

 
  1. aThe tumor stage was defined according to the latest TNM classification edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), early stage indicated Stage I, II, Late stage indicated Stage III, IV.
  2. bPearson’s χ2 test for data with more than two categories.
  3. cFisher’s exact test for data with two categories.