Table 1

Indication of the origin of the seven datasets that were used.

All ER

ER pos

ER neg

Publication:

Label

Survival

Total

Poor

Good

Poor

Good

Poor

Good

Desmedt et al. [4]

Des (D)

DMFS

120

29

91

16

65

13

26

Minn et al. [22]

Min (Mn)

DMFS

62

21

41

9

30

12

11

Miller et al. [18]

Mil (Ml)

SOS

193

37

156

26

117

11

39

Pawitan et al. [23]

Paw (P)

SOS

142

22

120

14

99

8

21

Loi et al. [24]

Loi (L)

DMFS

120

28

92

21

71

7

21

Chin et al. [25]

Chi (C)

DMFS

86

23

63

14

50

9

13

Vijver et al. [3]

Vij (V)

DMFS

248

70

178

44

149

26

29

The Survival column indicates the type of survival data that was used; DMFS Distant Metastasis Free Survival; SOS breast cancer Specific Overall Survival. Lastly, for each dataset the total number of samples is indicated along with the number of poor/good samples per ER subgroup.

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