Research Article

Research on Effectiveness of Prior Cancer on Survival Outcomes for Patients with Nonmetastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Competing Risk Analysis and Propensity Score Matching Analysis of the SEER Database

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients diagnosed with TNBC before and after propensity score matching.

CharacteristicsBefore PSMAfter PSM
No prior cancerPrior cancer valueNo prior cancerPrior cancer value

Totaln = 24219 (%)n = 5375 (%)n = 5375 (%)n = 5375 (%)
Age<0.0010.985
 20–392265 (9.4)174 (3.2)161 (3.0)174 (3.2)
 40–494822 (19.9)582 (10.8)592 (11.0)582 (10.8)
 50–596456 (26.7)1220 (22.7)1210 (22.5)1220 (22.7)
 60–695791 (23.9)1541 (28.7)1551 (28.9)1541 (28.7)
 70–793225 (13.3)1185 (22.0)1186 (22.1)1185 (22.0)
 80+1660 (6.9)673 (12.5)675 (12.6)673 (12.5)

Race<0.0010.923
 Black4877 (20.1)990 (18.4)982 (18.3)990 (18.4)
 White1920 (7.9)340 (6.3)332 (6.2)340 (6.3)
 Other17422 (71.9)4045 (75.3)4061 (75.6)4045 (75.3)

Marital<0.0010.629
 Married13987 (57.8)2850 (53.0)2824 (52.5)2850 (53.0)
 Single10232 (42.2)2525 (47.0)2551 (47.5)2525 (47.0)

Laterality0.4360.44
 Left12440 (51.4)2793 (52.0)2752 (51.2)2793 (52.0)
 Right11779 (48.6)2582 (48.0)2623 (48.8)2582 (48.0)

Grade<0.0010.247
 I422 (1.7)162 (3.0)129 (2.4)162 (3.0)
 II3994 (16.5)1164 (21.7)1157 (21.5)1164 (21.7)
 III19638 (81.1)4016 (74.7)4059 (75.5)4016 (74.7)
 IV165 (0.7)33 (0.6)30 (0.6)33 (0.6)

T status<0.0010.706
 T110852 (44.8)3133 (58.3)3128 (58.2)3133 (58.3)
 T210418 (43.0)1800 (33.5)1835 (34.1)1800 (33.5)
 T31947 (8.0)272 (5.1)254 (4.7)272 (5.1)
 T41002 (4.1)170 (3.2)158 (2.9)170 (3.2)

N status<0.0010.441
 N016141 (66.6)4100 (76.3)4109 (76.4)4100 (76.3)
 N15572 (23.0)863 (16.1)891 (16.6)863 (16.1)
 N21460 (6.0)227 (4.2)216 (4.0)227 (4.2)
 N31046 (4.3)185 (3.4)159 (3.0)185 (3.4)

Surgery<0.0010.904
 BCS12735 (52.6)1981 (36.9)1974 (36.7)1981 (36.9)
 Mastectomy11484 (47.4)3394 (63.1)3401 (63.3)3394 (63.1)

Radiotherapy<0.0010.526
 No11353 (46.9)3605 (67.1)3573 (66.5)3605 (67.1)
 Yes12866 (53.1)1770 (32.9)1802 (33.5)1770 (32.9)

Chemotherapy<0.0010.797
 No5615 (23.2)2120 (39.4)2106 (39.2)2120 (39.4)
 Yes18604 (76.8)3255 (60.6)3269 (60.8)3255 (60.6)

Note. TNBC: triple-negative breast cancer with prior cancer; BCS: breast-conserving therapy. value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.