Table 2

Distribution of clinicopathological parameters in 1,000 high-risk breast cancer patients



Radiotherapy
No radiotherapy
χ2

All

489 (49%)
511 (51%)

Protocol
Pre (DBCG82b)
267 (54%)
296 (58%)
0.3

Post (DBCG82c)
222 (46%)
215 (42%)

Tumour size (mm)
<21
171 (35%)
190 (37%)
0.1

21 to 50
259 (53%)
242 (47%)


>50
59 (12%)
79 (15%)

Positive nodes
None
29 (6%)
31 (6%)
0.8

1 to 3
222 (46%)
220 (43%)


>3
238 (49%)
260 (51%)

Histopathology
Ductal
428 (88%)
427 (84%)
0.1

Nonductal
61 (12%)
84 (16%)

Malignancy grade (ductal only)
Grade 1
98 (23%)
97 (23%)
0.7

Grade 2
213 (50%)
223 (52%)


Grade 3
117 (27%)
107 (25%)

ER
Positive
327 (67%)
344 (67%)
0.4

Negative
160 (33%)
167 (33%)


Unknown
2 (0%)
0 (0%)

PgR
Positive
283 (58%)
313 (61%)
0.3

Negative
205 (42%)
198 (39%)


Unknown
1 (0%)
0 (0%)

HER2
Negative
376 (77%)
404 (79%)
0.6

Positive
110 (22%)
106 (21%)


Unknown
3 (1%)
1 (0%)

CA IX
Negative
386 (79%)
408 (80%)
0.3

Positive
80 (16%)
71 (14%)


Unknown
23 (5%)
32 (6%)


Shown is the distribution of various clinicopathological parameters, including oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR), human epideraml growth factor receptor (HER)2 and carbonic anhydrase (CA) IX among 1,000 high-risk breast cancer patients randomly assigned to receive or not receive postmastectomy radiotherapy.

Kyndi et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R24   doi:10.1186/bcr1981