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Table 1 Clinicopathological features of 22 patients

From: Analysis of circulating tumour cell and the epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) status during eribulin-based treatment in 22 patients with metastatic breast cancer: a pilot study

n

22

Median agea (range)

57 (38–81)

Characteristics of primary tumour

 Histology

  IDC (NST)

18 (82%)

  Special type

4 (18%)

 Grade

  High

5 (23%)

  Low-intermediate

13 (59%)

  Unknown

4 (18%)

 Intrinsic subtypeb

  Luminal-HER2(−)

13 (59%)

  Luminal-HER2(+)

3 (14%)

  HER2

1 (5%)

  Triple negative

5 (23%)

  DFS (months)c (range)

78 (12–125)

 Metastatic site

  Bone

13 (59%)

  Liver

8 (36%)

  Lungs

7 (32%)

  Pleura

2 (9%)

  Brain

2 (9%)

  Others

2 (9%)

 Number of previous chemotherapies for metastatic disease

  0

8 (36%)

  1–2

12 (55%)

  3−

2 (9%)

  1. DFS disease-free survival, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, NST non-special type
  2. aAt the time of starting eribulin
  3. bHER2 overexpression was defined as IHC (3+) or FISH (+)
  4. cFor 17 patients who underwent curable surgery for the primary tumour