Table 2 |
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Values of lesion features in progressing vs. indolent MIN |
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Feature |
Progressing MIN (n = 9) |
Indolent MIN (n = 5) |
P value |
Az |
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Age at first detection (weeks) |
12.3 ± 2.3 |
10.6 ± 0.9 |
0.07 |
0.83 (0.51 to 0.97) |
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Maximum volume (mm3) |
0.55 ± 0.66 |
0.67 ± 0.87 |
0.81 |
0.48 (0.19 to 0.78) |
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Growth rate (per week)** |
0.21 ± 0.29 |
-0.66 ± 0.952 |
0.11 |
0.83 (0.45 to 0.98) |
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Distance from lymph node (mm) |
4.2 ± 2.2 |
2.7 ± 1.6 |
0.18 |
0.75 (0.43 to 0.94) |
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** Student t-test comparisons yielded P values shown above. For the area under the curve (Az) values, numbers in parentheses represent 95% confidence intervals. Growth rate could only be measured for those lesions that were imaged as mammary intraepithelial neoplasia (MIN) at least twice. |
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Jansen et al. Breast Cancer Research 2009 11:R65 doi:10.1186/bcr2357 |
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