Table 1

Clinical and pathological characteristics of the 77 patients receiving radiotherapy, with or without the development of local recurrence

All
LR+RT+
LR-RT+

Time to local recurrence, months
n = 30
n = 47

     Median



     Range
50
-
Follow-up, months
8–149
-
     Median



     Range
-
85
Tamoxifen
-
62–231
Chemotherapy
6
1
Tamoxifen and chemotherapy
0
0
No adjuvant treatment
0
0

24
46

Inclusion 1 and 2
Inclusion 1
Inclusion 2
Inclusion 1

Menopause



     Pre
12
5
13
     Post
7
1
33
     Not available
0
5
1
Age at operation, years



     Median
48
47
57
     Range
27–63
34–73
33–73
Size, millimeters



     Median
14
15
15
     Range
2–32
10–20
4–22
     Not available
0
2a
0
Grade



     1
3
3
22
     2
8
6
13
     3
7
1
10
     Not available
1
1
2
Estrogen receptor



     Positive
9
11
42
     Negative
10
0
5
Progesterone receptor



     Positive
5
9
31
     Negative
13
2
11
     Not available
1
0
5
Health care region



     South
8
2
30
     West
2
0
9
     South-East
0
9
0
     Stockholm
9
0
8

aOne T1 and one T2. LR-RT+ = no local recurrence after radiotherapy; LR+RT+ = local recurrence developed after radiotherapy.

Niméus-Malmström et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R34   doi:10.1186/bcr1997