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Table 2 Summary of the four TNBC classification systems

From: Classifications of triple-negative breast cancer: insights and current therapeutic approaches

Sub-items

Lehmann

Burstein

Jézéquel

FUSCC

Data source

TCGA

TCGA+ patients

TCGA+ patients

TCGA+ patients

Initial classification criteria

Transcriptional groups profiling

RNA and DNA genomic profiling

Therapeutic outcomes

Multiple-omic groups

Intentional Therapy

NACT

No

No

No

Subtype-relate therapy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

External validation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Gene mutation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pathways mutation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Metastasis preference

Yes

No

No

Yes

Metabolic characteristics

No

No

Yes

Yes

Histological differences

Yes

No

No

No

IHC validation

Predicted

Yes

Yes

Yes

Local clinical data

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Adverse effects

Not given

Not given

Yes

Yes

Relative cell lines

Yes

No

No

Yes

Characteristics

More transcriptional; cellular details

More epigenetic analysis

More immune modulation details

More external validation details

Asian patients

Multi-omics data

More mesenchymal-like details