Skip to main content

Table 5 Tumor characteristics associated with six-marker immunohistochemistry-based subtypesa in the AMBER consortium

From: Frequency of breast cancer subtypes among African American women in the AMBER consortium

IHC-based subtype

Number

High combined grade(3 vs. 1/2)

Large tumor size

(>2 vs. ≤2 cm)

Positive lymph node status

(positive vs. negative)

High stage

(III/IV vs. I/II)

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

Luminal A

512

78 (16)

1.00 (ref)

198 (39)

1.00 (ref)

196 (39)

1.00 (ref)

69 (14)

1.00 (ref)

Luminal B

333

158 (48)

4.99 (3.61–6.91)

152 (46)

1.33 (1.01–1.76)

130 (40)

1.03 (0.77–1.37)

44 (14)

0.98 (0.66–1.48)

ER-/HER2+

111

86 (82)

24.02 (13.82–41.75)

57 (51)

1.67 (1.11–2.53)

62 (58)

2.16 (1.41–3.31)

26 (24)

2.02 (1.21–3.36)

Basal-like

425

365 (90)

46.13 (30.90–68.86)

252 (59)

2.31 (1.78–3.00)

173 (41)

1.09 (0.84–1.42)

62 (15)

1.10 (0.76–1.60)

  1. IHC immunohistochemistry, ER estrogen receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
  2. aLuminal A: hormone receptor (HR)+, HER2-, low Ki67; luminal B: (HR+, HER2+) or (HR+, HER2-, high Ki67); ER-/HER2+: ER <10% and HER2-positive; basal-like: HR-, HER2- and (EGFR+ or CK5/6+)
  3. Tumors with five-marker negative (n = 7), HER2-equivocal (n = 93), and missing biomarker (n = 99) status excluded from analysis