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Table 2 Comparison of gene centering with subgroup-specific strategy on the external study breast cohorts with skewed distribution a

From: Molecular subtyping for clinically defined breast cancer subgroups

   

Prediction (%)

Dataset

Feature

Gene-centering method

Basal-like

HER2-enriched

LumA

LumB

Normal-like

Trondheim

ER-positive

Standard

10 (20.8)

8 (16.7)

9 (18.8)

12 (25.0)

9 (18.8)

(n = 48)

 

Subgroup-specific

2 (4.2)

4 (8.3)

23 (47.9)

16 (33.3)

3 (6.2)

TNBC

Triple-negative

Standard

28 (36.4)

9 (11.7)

19 (24.7)

12 (15.6)

9 (11.7)

(n = 77)

 

Subgroup-specific

63 (81.8)

6 (7.8)

3 (3.9)

3 (3.9)

2 (2.6)

  1. aER, Estrogen receptor; LumA, Luminal A; LumB, Luminal B; TNBC, Triple-negative breast cancer.