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Table 2 Baseline patient and tumor characteristics

From: Pathologic complete response after preoperative anti-HER2 therapy correlates with alterations in PTEN, FOXO, phosphorylated Stat5, and autophagy protein signaling

 

Trastuzumab (n = 33)

Lapatinib (n = 34)

Trastuzumab + Lapatinib (n = 33)

Total (N = 100)

Demographics

Age (years)

    

Mean (standard deviation)

51.1 (10.90)

50.8 (8.76)

49.2 (10.47)

50.4 (10.01)

Median (range)

54.0 (21-67)

52.0 (25-67)

50.0 (28-66)

51.5 (21-67)

<65 years, n (%)

31 (94)

32 (94)

30 (91)

93 (93)

≥65 years, n (%)

2 (6)

2 (6)

3 (9)

7 (7)

Menopausal status, n (%)

    

Postmenopausal

19 (58)

19 (56)

16 (48)

54 (54)

Sterile

5 (15)

5 (15)

6 (18)

16 (16)

Potential to bear children

9 (27)

10 (29)

11 (33)

30 (30)

Race, n (%)

    

African American

8 (24)

1 (3)

2 (6)

11 (11)

White/Caucasian

25 (76)

27 (79)

29 (88)

81 (81)

Other

0

6 (18)

2 (6)

8 (8)

Disease characteristics

    

Histology, n (%)

    

Adenocarcinoma

3 (9)

6 (18)

1 (3)

10 (10)

Medullary

0

0

1 (3)

1 (1)

Lobular invasive

0

1 (3)

2 (6)

3 (3)

Infiltrating ductal NOS

26 (79)

23 (68)

22 (67)

71 (71)

Other

4 (12)

4 (12)

7 (21)

15 (15)

Grade, n (%)

    

Not assessed

3 (9)

3 (9)

3 (9)

9 (9)

Well differentiated

0

3 (9)

1 (3)

4 (4)

Moderately

10 (30)

7 (21)

12 (36)

29 (29)

Poorly

20 (61)

21 (62)

17 (52)

58 (58)

Hormone receptor status, n (%)

    

Positive (ER + and/or PR+)

15 (45)

14 (41)

20 (61)

49 (49)

Negative (ER- and PR-)

18 (55)

20 (59)

13 (39)

51 (51)

HER2-IHC status, n (%)

    

0

2 (6)

0

1 (3)

3 (3)

1+

0

0

1 (3)

1 (1)

2+

4 (12)

3 (9)

0

7 (7)

3+

22 (67)

26 (76)

26 (79)

74 (74)

Unknown

5 (15)

5 (15)

5 (15)

5 (15)

HER2-FISH status, n (%)

    

Positive

27 (82)

24 (71)

23 (70)

74 (74)

Negative

0

1 (3)

0

1 (1)

Unknown

6 (18)

9 (26)

10 (30)

25 (25)

Tumor size, n (%)

    

T2

22 (67)

12 (35)

22 (67)

56 (56)

T3

8 (24)

11 (32)

6 (18)

25 (25)

T4

3 (9)

8 (24)

5 (15)

16 (16)

Tx

0

3 (9)

0

3 (3)

TNM stage: regional nodes, n (%)

    

N0

18 (55)

11 (32)

13 (39)

42 (42)

N1

12 (36)

16 (47)

14 (42)

42 (42)

N2

3 (9)

7 (21)

6 (18)

16 (16)

  1. Abbreviations: ER estrogen receptor, FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, IHC immunohistochemistry, NOS not otherwise specified, PR progesterone receptor, TNM tumor, node, metastasis.