Table 2

Clinical and pathological characteristics of the 66 patients, not receiving radiotherapy, with or without the development of local recurrence

All
LR+RT-
LR-RT-


n = 22
n = 44

Time to local recurrence, months



     Median
35
-
     Range
11–96
-
Follow-up, months



     Median
-
84
     Range
-
21–166
Tamoxifen
2
4
Chemotherapy
1
1
Tamoxifen and chemotherapy
1
0
No adjuvant treatment
18
39

Inclusion 1 and 2
Inclusion 1
Inclusion 1
Inclusion 2

Menopause



     Pre
9
3
4
     Post
13
30
2
     Not available
0
0
5
Age at operation, years



     Median
53
61
49
     Range
44–73
45–70
40–62
Size, millimeters



     Median
15
13
16
     Range
7–30
6–40
10–26
     Not available
0
0
0
Grade



     1
4
13
5
     2
10
9
3
     3
5
8
3
     Not available
3
3
0
Estrogen receptor



     Positive
14
27
11
     Negative
8
6
0
Progesterone receptor



     Positive
15
17
11
     Negative
7
14
0
     Not available
0
2
0
Health care region



     South
9
21
11
     West
13
10
0
     South-East
0
0
0
     Stockholm
0
2
0

LR-RT- = no local recurrence, no radiotherapy given; LR+RT- = local recurrence developed, no radiotherapy given.

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

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