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Table 1 Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of study population

From: Adjuvant chemotherapy and survival among patients 70 years of age and younger with node-negative breast cancer and the 21-gene recurrence score of 26–30

 

2010–2015 dataset (n = 19,791)

2004–2009 dataset (n = 9346)

RS 18–25

[n = 15,731; No. (%)]

RS 26–30

[n = 4060; No. (%)]

P

RS 18–25

[n = 7401; No. (%)]

RS 26–30

[n = 1945; No. (%)]

P

Year of diagnosis

 2004–2005

 

567 (7.7)

155 (8.0)

0.421

 2006–2007

 

2522 (34.1)

689 (35.4)

 

 2008–2009

 

4312 (58.3)

1101 (56.6)

 

 2010–2011

4748 (30.2)

1243 (30.6)

0.797

 

 2012–2013

5229 (33.2)

1329 (32.7)

 

 

 2014–2015

5754 (36.6)

1488 (36.7)

 

 

Age at diagnosis (years)

 ≤ 50

3836 (24.4)

923 (22.7)

0.025

2340 (31.6)

539 (27.7)

0.003

 51–60

4924 (31.3)

1239 (30.5)

 

2456 (33.2)

654 (33.6)

 

 61–70

4990 (31.7)

1378 (33.9)

 

1971 (26.6)

557 (28.6)

 

 > 70

1981 (12.6)

520 (12.8)

 

634 (8.6)

195 (10.0)

 

Race/ethnicity

 White

12,946 (82.3)

3263 (80.4)

0.018

6299 (85.1)

1662 (85.5)

0.737

 Black

1296 (8.2)

391 (9.6)

 

506 (6.8)

139 (7.2)

 

 Other*

1405 (8.9)

386 (9.5)

 

561 (7.6)

137 (7.0)

 

 Missing

84 (0.5)

20 (0.5)

 

35 (0.5)

7 (0.4)

 

History of cancer

 No

13,960 (88.7)

3551 (87.5)

0.023

6654 (89.9)

1764 (90.7)

0.302

 Yes

1771 (11.3)

509 (12.5)

 

747 (10.1)

181 (9.3)

 

Marital status

 Married

9819 (62.4)

2473 (60.9)

0.004

4924 (66.5)

1259 (64.7)

0.215

 Single

2105 (13.4)

630 (15.5)

 

885 (12.0)

255 (13.1)

 

 Other

3078 (19.6)

786 (19.4)

 

1333 (18.0)

372 (19.1)

 

 Missing

729 (4.6)

171 (4.2)

 

259 (3.5)

59 (3.0)

 

Histologic type

 Ductal

11,490 (73.0)

3226 (79.5)

< 0.001

5446 (73.6)

1556 (80.0)

< 0.001

 Lobular

2251 (14.3)

391 (9.6)

 

897 (12.1)

161 (8.3)

 

 Mixed ductal-lobular

1818 (11.6)

394 (9.7)

 

960 (13.0)

202 (10.4)

 

 Other

172 (1.1)

49 (1.2)

 

98 (1.3)

26 (1.3)

 

Tumor stage

 T1b

3535 (22.5)

801 (19.7)

< 0.001

1789 (24.2)

409 (21.0)

< 0.001

 T1c

8271 (52.6)

2112 (52.0)

 

4217 (57.0)

1070 (55.0)

 

 T2

3698 (23.5)

1091 (26.9)

 

1339 (18.1)

446 (22.9)

 

 T3

227 (1.4)

56 (1.4)

 

56 (0.8)

20 (1.0)

 

Grade

 I

3774 (24.0)

486 (12.0)

< 0.001

1795 (24.3)

251 (12.9)

< 0.001

 II

8990 (57.2)

2087 (51.4)

 

4145 (56.0)

1007 (51.8)

 

 III

2644 (16.8)

1434 (35.3)

 

1233 (16.7)

636 (32.7)

 

 Missing

323 (2.1)

53 (1.3)

 

228 (3.1)

51 (2.6)

 

ER/PR status

 +/+

13,842 (88.0)

3164 (77.9)

< 0.001

6389 (86.3)

1459 (75.0)

< 0.001

 +/−

1872 (11.9)

885 (21.8)

 

993 (13.4)

478 (24.6)

 

 −/+

17 (0.1)

11 (0.3)

 

19 (0.3)

8 (0.4)

 

Type of surgery

 Breast-conservation surgery

10,806 (68.7)

2747 (67.7)

0.207

5199 (70.3)

1326 (68.2)

0.076

 Mastectomy

4925 (31.3)

1313 (32.3)

 

2202 (29.8)

619 (31.8)

 

Radiation therapy

 No or unknown

6268 (39.8)

1834 (45.2)

< 0.001

3038 (41.1)

853 (43.9)

0.025

 Yes

9463 (60.2)

2226 (54.8)

 

4363 (59.0)

1092 (56.1)

 

Chemotherapy

 No or unknown

11,832 (75.2)

1807 (44.5)

< 0.001

5044 (68.2)

865 (44.5)

< 0.001

 Yes

3899 (24.8)

2253 (55.5)

 

2357 (31.9)

1080 (55.5)

 
  1. RS recurrence score, No. number, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor
  2. *Other race includes American Indian, Alaska Native, and Asian or Pacific Islander
  3. Other marital status includes separated, divorced, and widowed categories