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Table 2 Relationship between PIK3CA mutation status and standard clinical, pathological, and biological features of breast cancer

From: PIK3CAmutation impact on survival in breast cancer patients and in ERα, PR and ERBB2-based subgroups

  

Number of patients (percentage)

 
 

Total population number (percentage)

PIK3CAwild-type

PIK3CA-mutated

Pvaluea

Total

452 (100.0)

301 (66.6)

151 (33.4)

 

Age, years

    

   ≤ 50

96 (21.2)

66 (21.9)

30 (19.9)

NS

   > 50

356 (78.8)

235 (78.1)

121 (81.1)

 

SBR histological gradeb, c

    

   I

55 (12.4)

26 (8.9)

29 (19.3)

0.00021

   II

228 (51.6)

144 (49.3)

84 (56.0)

 

   III

159 (36.0)

122 (41.8)

37 (24.7)

 

Lymph node statusd

    

   0

115 (25.5)

78 (26.0)

37 (24.5)

 

   1-3

237 (52.5)

157 (52.3)

80 (53.0)

 

   > 3

99 (22.0)

65 (21.7)

34 (22.5)

NS

Macroscopic tumor sizee

    

   ≤ 25 mm

217 (48.8)

135 (45.2)

82 (56.2)

0.029

   > 25 mm

228 (51.2)

164 (54.8)

64 (43.8)

 

ERα status

    

   Negative

117 (25.9)

97 (32.2)

20 (13.2)

0.000014

   Positive

335 (74.1)

204 (67.8)

131 (86.8)

 

PR status

    

   Negative

194 (42.9)

150 (49.8)

44 (29.1)

0.000028

   Positive

258 (57.1)

151 (50.2)

107 (70.9)

 

ERBB2 status

    

   Negative

351 (77.7)

225 (74.8)

126 (83.4)

0.036

   Positive

101 (22.3)

76 (25.2)

25 (16.6)

 

Histology

    

   Ductal

388 (85.8)

259 (86.0)

129 (85.5)

NS

   Lobular

29 (6.4)

19 (6.3)

10 (6.6)

 

   Others

35 (7.8)

23 (7.7)

12 (7.9)

 
  1. aChi-squared test. bScarff-Bloom-Richardson (SBR) classification. cInformation available for 442 patients. dInformation available for 451 patients. eInformation available for 445 patients. ERα, estrogen receptor-alpha; NS, not significant; PIK3CA, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, catalytic, alpha polypeptide gene; PR, progesterone receptor.