Clinical Study

Breast Cancer Survival Defined by the ER/PR/HER2 Subtypes and a Surrogate Classification according to Tumor Grade and Immunohistochemical Biomarkers

Table 2

Demographic and tumor characteristics of the ER/PR/HER2 subtypes in women with invasive breast cancer from the California Cancer Registry 2000–2010 .

ER+/PR+/HER2− 80,765 (57.3%)ER+/PR+/HER2+ 13,719 (9.6%)ER+/PR−/HER2− 13,887 (9.7%)ER+/PR−/HER2+ 4,735 (3.3%)ER−/PR+/HER2− 1,148 (0.8%)ER−/PR+/HER2+ 563 (0.4%)ER−/PR−/HER2− 18,724 (13.1%)ER−/PR−/HER2+ 9,792 (6.8%)Total 143,333

Mean age at diagnosis(±SD)

AJCC Stage at diagnosis
 Stage 141,004 (64.3%)5,252 (8.2%)6,423 (10.1%)1,634 (2.6%)466 (0.7%)172 (0.3%)6,043 (9.5%)2,759 (4.3%)63,753 (45.7%)
 Stage 228,398 (52.8%)5,493 (10.2%)4,842 (9.0%)1,919 (3.6%)458 (0.9%)252 (0.5%)8,473 (15.8%)3,911 (7.3%)53,746 (38.6%)
 Stage 37,125 (44.2%)1,825 (11.3%)1,549 (9.6%)685 (4.2%)131 (0.8%)95 (0.6%)2,746 (17.0%)1,982 (12.3%)16,138 (11.6%)
 Stage 42,325 (40.7%)685 (12.0%)675 (11.8%)341 (6.0%)50 (0.9%)29 (0.5%)876 (15.3%)733 (12.8%)5,714 (4.1%)

Age at diagnosis (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

 <404,369 (41.1%)1,561 (14.7%)669 (6.3%)391 (3.7%)140 (1.3%)99 (0.9%)2,305 (21.7%)1,104 (10.4%)10,638 (7.4%)
 40–4914,592 (55.4%)3,238 (12.3%)1,516 (5.8%)759 (2.9%)329 (1.2%)147 (0.6%)3,823 (14.5%)1,940 (7.4%)26,344 (18.4%)
 50–5920,061 (53.8%)3,530 (9.5%)3,583 (9.6%)1,433 (3.8%)290 (0.8%)150 (0.4%)5,188 (13.9%)3,068 (8.2%)37,303 (26.0%)
 60–6919,206 (58.9%)2,696 (8.3%)3,633 (11.1%)1,084 (3.3%)194 (0.6%)85 (0.3%)3,729 (11.4%)1,997 (6.1%)32,624 (22.8%)
 70–7914,487 (61.7%)1,792 (7.6%)2,816 (12.0%)681 (2.9%)126 (0.5%)55 (0.2%)2,369 (10.1%)1,140 (4.9%)23,466 (16.4%)
 80–897,239 (62.8%)800 (6.9%)1,477 (12.8%)339 (2.9%)60 (0.5%)21 (0.2%)1,131 (9.8%)461 (4.0%)11,528 (8.0%)
 90+811 (56.7%)102 (7.1%)193 (13.5%)48 (3.4%)9 (0.6%)6 (0.4%)179 (12.5%)82 (5.7%)1,430 (1.0%)
Race/ethnicity
 White56,245 (59.5%)8,455 (8.9%)9,546 (10.1%)2,972 (3.1%)705 (0.7%)306 (0.3%)10,801 (11.4%)5,443 (5.8%)94,473 (66.3%)
 Black3,557 (41.7%)811 (9.5%)859 (10.1%)302 (3.5%)88 (1.0%)48 (0.6%)2,165 (25.4%)690 (8.1%)8,520 (6.0%)
 Hispanic11,693 (50.2%)2,489 (10.7%)2,046 (8.8%)823 (3.5%)222 (1.0%)142 (0.6%)3,830 (16.4%)2,048 (8.8%)23,293 (16.3%)
 Asian/Pacific Islander8,496 (54.1%)1,834 (11.7%)1,304 (8.3%)597 (3.8%)124 (0.8%)67 (0.4%)1,767 (11.2%)1,520 (9.7%)15,709 (11.0%)
 American Indian268 (52.9%)55 (10.8%)49 (9.7%)23 (4.5%)4 (0.8%)0 (0.0%)74 (14.6%)34 (6.7%)507 (0.4%)
Socioeconomic status (SES)
 SES 1—Low7,990 (49.5%)1,776 (11.0%)1,451 (9.0%)572 (3.5%)154 (1.0%)87 (0.5%)2,676 (16.6%)1,420 (8.8%)16,126 (11.4%)
 SES 212,185 (53.1%)2,255 (9.8%)2,192 (9.5%)802 (3.5%)179 (0.8%)99 (0.4%)3,427 (14.9%)1,816 (7.9%)22,955 (16.2%)
 SES 316,200 (55.9%)2,763 (9.5%)2,820 (9.7%)984 (3.4%)230 (0.8%)130 (0.4%)3,887 (13.4%)1,991 (6.9%)29,005 (20.5%)
 SES 419,392 (57.4%)3,166 (9.4%)3,404 (10.1%)1,098 (3.2%)254 (0.8%)117 (0.3%)4,208 (12.5%)2,150 (6.4%)33,789 (23.9%)
 SES 5—high23,792 (60.3%)3,585 (9.1%)3,825 (9.7%)1,219 (3.1%)317 (0.8%)126 (0.3%)4,288 (10.9%)2,309 (5.9%)39,461 (27.9%)
Tumor grade
 Well differentiated; Grade I (low)23,904 (79.4%)1,708 (5.7%)3,344 (11.1%)331 (1.1%)117 (0.4%)16 (0.1%)508 (1.7%)159 (0.5%)30,087 (22.1%)
 Moderately differentiated; Grade II (low)38,340 (67.0%)5,803 (10.1%)5,765 (10.1%)1,789 (3.1%)308 (0.5%)143 (0.3%)3,045 (5.3%)2,002 (3.5%)57,195 (42.1%)
 Poorly differentiated; Grade III (high)13,891 (30.0%)5,285 (11.4%)3,694 (8.0%)2,223 (4.8%)637 (1.4%)345 (0.7%)13,643 (29.4%)6,640 (14.3%)46,358 (34.1%)
 Undifferentiated; Grade IV (high)584 (25.9%)256 (11.4%)175 (7.8%)108 (4.8%)30 (1.3%)29 (1.3%)697 (30.9%)374 (16.6%)2,253 (1.7%)
Tumor category
 T1a and microscopic5,336 (58.7%)787 (8.7%)1,025 (11.3%)337 (3.7%)68 (0.7%)42 (0.5%)691 (7.6%)806 (8.9%)9,092 (6.6%)
 T1b15,628 (68.3%)1,653 (7.2%)2,402 (10.5%)516 (2.3%)146 (0.6%)46 (0.2%)1,702 (7.4%)797 (3.5%)22,890 (16.6%)
 T1c31,526 (61.7%)4,801 (9.4%)4,695 (9.2%)1,467 (2.9%)375 (0.7%)163 (0.3%)5,615 (11.0%)2,472 (4.8%)51,114 (37.1%)
 T220,782 (49.0%)4,512 (10.6%)3,901 (9.2%)1,620 (3.8%)392 (0.9%)204 (0.5%)7,484 (17.7%)3,495 (8.2%)42,390 (30.7%)
 T35,313 (42.9%)1,303 (10.5%)1,268 (10.2%)539 (4.4%)106 (0.9%)59 (0.5%)2,368 (19.1%)1,423 (11.5%)12,379 (9.0%)

Total cases with ER/PR/HER2; some variables have fewer cases due to missing data.
Percentages are of total cases within a demographic or tumor variable.