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Table 2 Characteristics of the largest primary tumor (PT1) and second primary tumor (PT2) assessed with immunohistochemistry for patients with ipsilateral multifocal primary breast cancer

From: Clinical evaluation of molecular surrogate subtypes in patients with ipsilateral multifocal primary breast cancer

 

PT1

PT21

Tumor size, mm (median (IQR)

22.0 (14–30)

10.0 (7–15)

Pathologic tumor size

 pT1

77 (42.1)

153 (83.6)

 pT2

100 (54.6)

30 (16.4)

 pT3

6 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

Histological grade, NHG

 1

36 (19.7)

51 (27.9)

 2

111 (60.7)

106 (57.9)

 3

36 (19.7)

26 (14.2)

Histological type

 Ductal

125 (68.3)

127 (69.4)

 Lobular

22 (12.0)

24 (13.1)

 Tubular

15 (8.2)

20 (10.9)

 Tubulolobular

7 (3.8)

7 (3.8)

 Mixed ductal and lobular

12 (6.6)

3 (1.6)

 Other

2 (1.1)

2 (1.1)

ER

 Positive

171 (93.4)

172 (94.0)

 Negative

12 (6.6)

11 (6.0)

PR

 Positive

145 (80.9)

146 (79.8)

 Negative

38 (19.1)

37 (20.2)

Ki67

 Low

129 (70.5)

146 (79.8)

 High

54 (29.5)

37 (20.2)

HER2

 Positive

18 (9.8)

18 (9.8)

 Negative

165 (90.2)

165 (90.2)

Subtype

 Luminal A

117 (63.9)

129 (70.5)

 Luminal B HER2-

40 (21.9)

29 (15.8)

 Luminal B HER2 +

14 (7.7)

14 (7.7)

 Non-luminal HER2 +

4 (2.2)

4 (2.2)

 Triple-negative

8 (4.4)

7 (3.8)

  1. Data are presented as No. (%)
  2. ER Estrogen receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor 2, IQR interquartile range, NHG Nottingham histologic grade, PR progesterone receptor, PT primary tumor
  3. 1For the specimens where three or four foci were assessed with IHC, PT2 was the second largest tumor in all but two specimens. In these two specimens, the PT2 was the focus that had a molecular surrogate subtype discordancy compared to PT1. The sizes of these two PT2 tumors were only one and two mm smaller than the second largest tumor in the specimen, respectively