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Table 2 Correlation between the clinicopathologic features and immune subtypes in patients with breast cancer

From: Proteomic analysis of breast cancer based on immune subtypes

Factors

Immune subtypes

p-value

Inflamed (%)

Excluded/desert (%)

Age

  

0.039*

 < 50

21 (68)

21 (91)

 

 ≥ 50

10 (32)

2 (9)

 

Subtypes

  

0.066

 HR + HER2−

7 (23)

11 (48)

 

 HR + HER2 + 

4 (13)

2 (9)

 

 HR-HER2 + 

2 (7)

4 (17)

 TNBC

18 (58)

6 (26)

Histologic types

  

0.386

 IBC-NST

30 (97)

21 (91)

 

 ILC

1 (3)

2 (9)

 

Non-pCR/pCR

  

0.055

 Non-pCR

18 (58)

19 (83)

 

 pCR

13 (42)

4 (17)

 

RCB class

  

0.223

 0

3 (10)

2 (9)

 

 I

11 (36)

14 (61)

 

 II

4 (13)

3 (13)

 

 III

13 (42)

4 (17)

 

Non-relapse/Relapse

  

0.887

 Non-relapse

21 (68)

16 (70)

 

 Relapse

10 (32)

7 (30)

 

TILs (%)

  

 < 0.001*

 < 10

0

23 (100)

 

 10–19

12 (39)

0

 

  ≥ 20

19 (61)

0

 

TLS score

  

0.45

 0

15 (52)

16 (70)

 

 1

6 (21)

4 (17)

 

 2

3 (10)

2 (9)

 

 3

5 (17)

1 (4)

 

Klintrup criteria

  

 < 0.001*

 0

0

2 (9)

 

 1

3 (10)

14 (61)

 

 2

16 (55)

4 (17)

 

 3

10 (35)

3 (13)

 

Stroma (%)

  

0.594

 Low (< 50)

13 (42)

8 (35)

 

 High (≥ 50)

18 (58)

15 (65)

 
  1. HR hormone receptors, HER2 human epithelial growth factor receptor 2, IBC-NST invasive breast carcinoma of no special type, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, pCR pathologic complete response, RCB residual cancer burden, TILs tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, TLS tertiary lymphoid structure *p < 0.05