Table 1

Frequencies of conventional prognostic factors and adjuvant treatments in the test set

Factor
Division
Whole set (313 patients)
Subset (227 patients)


n
Percentage
n
Percentage

Age
≤40
34
10.9
25
11.0

>40
279
89.1
202
89.0
Menopausal status
Pre
104
33.2
76
33.5

Post
203
64.9
147
64.8

Unknown
6
1.9
4
1.8
Tumor grade
1
5
1.6
4
1.8

2
101
32.3
71
31.3

3
191
61.0
144
63.4

Unknown
16
5.1
8
3.5
Tumor size, cm
0–2
100
31.9
71
31.3

> 2–5
173
55.3
131
57.7

> 5
35
11.2
22
9.7

Unknown
5
1.6
3
1.3
Pathological ER status
Negative
72
23.0
54
23.8

Positive
234
74.8
169
74.4

Unknown
7
2.2
4
1.8
Lymphovascular invasion
Negative
49
15.7
33
14.5

Positive
244
78.0
184
81.1

Unknown
20
6.4
10
4.4
Percentage of positive nodes
0–50
121
38.7
89
39.2

>50–99.9
142
45.4
95
41.9

100
50
16.0
43
18.9
Number of positive nodes
4–9
235
75.1
175
77.1

≥10
78
24.9
52
22.9
Histology
Ductal
279
89.1
210
92.5

Lobular
34
10.9
17
7.5
Adjuvant chemotherapy
No
155
49.5
107
47.1

Yes
158
50.5
120
52.9
Adjuvant hormonal therapy
No
104
33.2
78
34.4

Yes
209
66.8
149
65.6
Adjuvant radiotherapy
No
70
22.4
50
22.0

Yes
243
77.6
177
78.0
Mastectomy
No
2
0.6
1
0.4

Complete
217
69.3
154
67.8

Partial
94
30.0
72
31.7

Data are presented for the 313-patient test set cohort, and for the 227-patient subgroup in which expression data were available for each of the eight immunohistochemical biomarkers assessed. Percentages are rounded.

Crabb et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R6   doi:10.1186/bcr1847