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Table 2 Baseline patient characteristics of patients by treatment subgroups

From: Association between the 21-gene recurrence score and isolated locoregional recurrence in stage I-II, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

  Treatment subgroup
Adjuvant hormonal therapy Yes Yes No
Adjuvant chemotherapy No Yes Yes or No
Characteristics RS < 25 RS ≥ 25 P RS < 25 RS ≥ 25 P RS < 25 RS ≥ 25 P
Total, n (%) 1125 (94) 74 (6) 241 (51) 229 (49) 63 (71) 26 (29)
Age, median (interquartile range) 54 (48–62) 65 (54–70) < 0.001 49 (44–56) 54 (46–62) < 0.001 52 (46–63) 53 (45–63) 0.96
Stage, n (%)    0.18    0.09    0.15
 I 799 (71) 58 (78)   153 (63) 162 (71)   44 (70) 14 (54)  
 II 326 (29) 16 (22)   88 (37) 67 (29)   19 (30) 12 (46)  
Surgery type, n (%)    0.03    0.37    0.81
 Breast-conserving surgery 812 (72) 62 (84)   159 (66) 160 (70)   42 (67) 18 (69)  
 Mastectomy 313 (28) 12 (16)   82 (34) 69 (30)   21 (33) 8 (31)  
Postoperative radiation, n (%)    0.84    0.86    0.59
 No 301 (27) 19 (26)   66 (27) 61 (27)   30 (52) 14 (46)  
 Yes 824 (73) 55 (74)   175 (73) 168 (73)   33 (48) 12 (54)  
Number of events, n       
 iLRR 16 3   1 1   1 0  
 DM without iLRR 9 2   2 6   0 1  
 Death without iLRR or DM 7 3   0 2   0 1  
  1. DM distant metastasis, iLRR isolated locoregional recurrence, RS recurrence score