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Table 2 Tumor characteristics and staging among controls (M0) and women affected by peritoneal carcinomatosis (M1: peritoneum) or other site of metastases (M1: other than peritoneum)

From: Prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis of peritoneal metastasis from breast cancer

 

M0

M1

M1

p

Other than peritoneum

Peritoneum

Histological type

 Ductal invasive carcinoma

77.4 % (2173/2807)

66.7 % (178/267)

50 % (11/22)

(1, 2)

 Lobular invasive carcinoma

12.1 % (340/2807)

16.5 % (44/267)

36.4 % (8/22)

(1, 2, 3)

 Ductal and lobular invasive carcinoma

6.7 % (189/2807)

12.7 % (34/267)

9.1 % (2/22)

(1)

 Other invasive carcinoma

3.7 % (105/2807)

4.1 % (11/267)

4.5 % (1/22)

NS

Molecular Subtype

 Luminal A

32.9 % (923/2807)

13.5 % (36/267)

31.8 % (7/22)

(1, 3)

 Luminal B

23.2 % (652/2807)

29.6 % (79/267)

31.8 % (7/22)

(1)

 Luminal Her

5.5 % (153/2807)

8.2 % (22/267)

9.1 % (2/22)

(1*)

 Her enriched

4 % (111/2807)

8.6 % (23/267)

0 % (0/22)

(1)

 Basal-like

7.3 % (205/2807)

16.5 % (44/267)

9.1 % (2/22)

(1)

 Non described

27.2 % (763/2807)

23.6 % (63/267)

18.2 % (4/22)

NS

Other characteristics of the primary tumor

 ER positives

85.2 % (2284/2680)

71.7 % (180/251)

90.9 % (20/22)

(1, 3*)

 PgR positives

73 % (1958/2681)

55.8 % (140/251)

59.1 % (13/22)

(1)

 HER2/neu positives

11.8 % (267/2254)

19.4 % (45/232)

9.5 % (2/21)

(1)

 Ki-67/Mib-1 >20

33.7 % (671/1994)

61.1 % (113/185)

29.4 % (5/17)

(1, 3)

 Comedo-like necrosis

8.7 % (243/2807)

7.9 % (21/267)

0 % (0/22)

NS

 Multifocality/multicentricity

20.2 % (567/2807)

22.5 % (60/267)

18.2 % (4/22)

NS

 Extensive intraductal component

27.2 % (764/2807)

21.3 % (57/267)

13.6 % (3/22)

(1)

 Lymphovascular invasion

15.6 % (439/2807)

26.6 % (71/267)

18.2 % (4/22)

(1)

 Peritumoral inflammation

3.3 % (93/2807)

9.4 % (25/267)

0 % (0/22)

(1)

Loco-regional lymph nodes characteristics

 Non-axillary loco-regional lymph nodes

1.7 % (48/2807)

1.5 % (4/267)

0 % (0/22)

NS

 Isolated tumor cells

2 % (56/2807)

0.4 % (1/267)

0 % (0/22)

(1**)

 Micrometastases

4.9 % (138/2807)

4.1 % (11/267)

4.5 % (1/22)

NS

 Extracapsular invasion of lymph node metastasis

7.1 % (198/2807)

28.1 % (75/267)

36.4 % (8/22)

(1, 2)

 Bunched axillary lymph nodes

2.1 % (58/2807)

18 % (48/267)

31.8 % (7/22)

(1, 2)

TNM

 T1

75.4 % (2116/2807)

41.2 % (110/267)

68.2 % (15/22)

(1,3)

 T2

20.9 % (586/2807)

37.8 % (101/267)

13.6 % (3/22)

(1, 3**)

 T3

1.6 % (44/2807)

10.1 % (27/267)

4.5 % (1/22)

(1)

 T4

2.2 % (61/2807)

10.9 % (29/267)

13.6 % (3/22)

(1, 2)

 N0

69.9 % (1961/2807)

32.6 % (87/267)

36.4 % (8/22)

(1, 2)

 N1

21.2 % (594/2807)

23.2 % (62/267)

13.6 % (3/22)

NS

 N2

5.3 % (150/2807)

17.2 % (46/267)

9.1 % (2/22)

(1)

 N3

3.6 % (102/2807)

27 % (72/267)

40.9 % (9/22)

(1, 2)

Grading

 G1

15.8 % (444/2807)

2.6 % (7/267)

0 % (0/22)

(1, 2)

 G2

60.3 % (1693/2807)

49.8 % (133/267)

90.9 % (20/22)

(1, 2, 3)

 G3

23.9 % (670/2807)

47.6 % (127/267)

9.1 % (2/22)

(1, 3)

  1. Significant differences (p < 0.05) between: (1) M0 vs M1: other than peritoneum; (2) M0 vs M1: peritoneum; (3) M1: other than peritoneum vs M1: peritoneum
  2. NS non significant
  3. Other differences: (1*) p = 0.060; (3*) p = 0.051; (1**) p = 0.058; (3**) p = 0.070