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Table 3 Cox-regression multivariate analysis of predictive factors for time to brain metastases (TTBM) from initial distant metastases

From: Clinical implication of Time To Brain Metastasis (TTBM) according to breast cancer subtypes

Characteristics

HR (95% C.I.)

P-value

Age at first diagnosis of primary disease

1.001 (0.985-1.018)

0.863

Stage IV at initial diagnosis of primary BC

0.843 (0.475-1.495)

0.559

Site of initial distant metastases

  

 Bone

0.695 (0.498-0.969)

0.033

 Lung

1.138 (0.811-1.597)

0.453

 Liver

1.431 (0.934-2.190)

0.099

Subtype with trastuzumab effect

  

 HR-positive/HER2-negative

reference

 

 HER2-positive withoutTrastuzumab

1.892 (1.177-3.040)

0.008

 HER2-positive with Trastuzumab

1.064 (0.650-1.741)

0.656

 TNBC

1.652 (1.071-2.546)

0.023