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Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of the study participants (N = 555)

From: Loss of HER2 and decreased T-DM1 efficacy in HER2 positive advanced breast cancer treated with dual HER2 blockade: the SePHER Study

Characteristics

N(%)

Age yr, median (range)

54 (26–87)

Estrogen Receptor

Negative

202 (36.4)

Positive

353 (63.6)

Progesterone Receptor

Negative

297 (53.5)

Positive

258 (46.5)

Ki-67

  ≤ 20

103 (18.6)

  > 20

389 (70.1)

unknown

63 (11.3)

Grading

G1

6 (1.1)

G2

148 (26.7)

G3

339 (61.1)

unknown

62 (11.2)

Immunohistochemical Subtype

TP

244 (44.0)

ER or PgR positive

109 (19.6)

ER and PgR negative

202 (36.4)

Metastatic at Diagnosis

No

398 (71.7)

Yes

157 (28.3)

Neo−/adjuvant treatmenta

Yes

363 (91.2)

No

35 (8.8)

Neo−/adjuvant trastuzumaba

Yes

212 (53.3)

No

186 (46.7)

Metastatic Sites

Visceral

397 (71.5)

Bone-Only

25 (4.5)

Brain

155 (27.9)

Number of Metastatic Sites

1

397 (71.5)

2

85 (15.3)

  > 2

73 (13.2)

Disease Free Interval in months, median

No first-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 in second-line

40

No first-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 subsequent lines

53

First-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 in second-line

47

No first-line Pertuzumab / T-DM1 in subsequent lines

28

T-DM1 in first-line

17

T-DM1 treatment line

First-line

25 (4.5)

Second-line

371 (66.8%)

Third-line

96 (17.3%)

Subsequent lines

63 (11.4%)

  1. aFor patients with early disease at diagnosis (398 patients)
  2. Abbreviations: N Number; yr Years; TP Triple positive; ER Estrogen receptor; PgR Progesterone receptor