Skip to main content

Table 1 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Soluble KIT correlates with clinical outcome in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with sunitinib

Characteristic

Sunitinib (N = 64)

Median (range) age, years

52 (36–70)

ECOG performance status, n (%)

 

  0

24 (38)

  1

40 (63)

Histologic type, n (%)

 

  Ductal

54 (84)

  Inflammatory

4 (6)

  Other

6 (9)

Receptor status, n (%)

 

  ER-positive

37 (58)

  PgR-positive

26 (41)

  HER2-positive

12 (19)

  Triple-negative

20 (31)

Metastatic sites, n (%)

 

  Lymph nodes

41 (64)

  Liver

38 (59)

  Lung

31 (48)

  Bone

25 (39)

  Pleural effusion

17 (27)

  Local recurrence

16 (25)

  Skin

14 (22)

  Primary tumor

4 (6)

Prior systemic therapy,* n (%)

64 (100)

  Anthracycline + taxane + other

60 (94)

  Anthracycline + taxane

1 (2)

  Anthracycline + other

2 (3)

  Other

1 (2)

  1. Adapted from Burstein HJ, et al.: J Clin Oncol 2008, 26(11):1810–1816 [15] with permission. © 2008 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved. ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ER, estrogen receptor; PgR, progesterone receptor. *Eight patients (13%) also received prior trastuzumab treatment.