Research Article

Exploring the Prognosis of Breast Cancer with Synchronous Distant Nonregional Lymph Node Metastasis and Establishing a Predictive Model: A Population-Based Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinicopathologic features of all included patients.

CharacteristicsTnN3cM0 (%)SDLNM (%)Other oligometastasis (%) value

Age<0.001
 ≤50 y186 (37.4)218 (31.5)2371 (28.4)
 51-65 y205 (41.2)302 (43.6)3631 (43.5)
 66-80 y106 (21.3)172 (24.9)2348 (28.1)
Race<0.001
 Caucasian351 (70.6)481 (69.5)6364 (76.2)
 Black/AI108 (21.7)135 (19.5)1371 (16.4)
 Asian38 (7.6)76 (11.0)615 (7.4)
Marriage0.506
 Married256 (51.5)343 (49.6)4082 (48.9)
 Single and unknown241 (48.5)349 (50.4)4268 (51.1)
Histology<0.001
 IDC402 (80.9)556 (80.3)6056 (72.5)
 Non-IDC95 (19.1)136 (19.7)2294 (27.5)
SBR grade<0.001
 Grade 3255 (51.3)335 (48.4)2462 (29.5)
 Grade 1-2126 (25.4)184 (26.6)3651 (43.7)
 Unknown116 (23.3)173 (25.0)2237 (26.8)
T stage<0.001
 T0-173 (14.7)102 (14.7)1247 (14.9)
 T2163 (32.8)207 (29.9)3266 (39.1)
 T393 (18.7)107 (15.5)1607 (19.2)
 T4168 (33.8)276 (39.9)2230 (26.7)
Subtype<0.001
 Luminal A174 (35.0)288 (41.6)5531 (66.2)
 Luminal B113 (22.7)127 (18.4)1368 (16.4)
 Her2 + HR-82 (16.5)99 (14.3)564 (6.8)
 TNBC128 (25.8)178 (25.7)887 (10.6)
Surgery<0.001
 None95 (19.1)271 (39.2)4857 (58.2)
 Lumpectomy87 (17.5)101 (14.6)1057 (12.7)
 Mastectomy315 (63.4)320 (46.2)2436 (29.2)
Radiotherapy<0.001
 Yes293 (59.0)247 (35.7)2133 (25.5)
 No204 (41.0)445 (64.3)6217 (74.5)
Chemotherapy<0.001
 Yes463 (93.2)578 (83.5)5013 (60.0)
 No34 (6.8)114 (16.5)3337 (40.0)

SDLNM: synchronous isolated distant lymph node metastasis; Her2: human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2; AI: American Indian; HR: hormone receptor; IDC: infiltrating duct carcinoma; SBR grade: Scarff-Bloom-Richardson grading system; TNBC: triple-negative breast cancer.