Table 3 |
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Clinicopathological characteristics of triple negative breast cancers studied in this cohort |
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Clinicopathological features |
Numbers |
|
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Age (years) |
|
|
Mean |
52 |
|
Minimum |
38 |
|
Maximum |
78 |
|
Tumour size (mm) |
|
|
Mean |
34.9 mm |
|
Minimum |
1.5 mm |
|
Maximum |
125 mm |
|
Tumour grade |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
15 |
|
3 |
53 |
|
Histology |
|
|
Invasive ductal carcinoma |
66 |
|
Invasive lobular carcinoma |
2 |
|
Papillary |
1 |
|
Metaplastic |
1 |
|
Growth pattern |
|
|
Trabecular |
38 |
|
Syncytial |
32 |
|
Nuclear pleomorphism |
|
|
Moderate |
19 |
|
Marked |
51 |
|
Lymphovascular invasion |
|
|
Present |
28 |
|
Absent |
41 |
|
Not available |
1 |
|
Axillary lymph node involvement |
|
|
Involved |
34 |
|
Not involved |
31 |
|
Not available |
5 |
|
Associated DCIS |
|
|
Absent |
19 |
|
Intermediate nuclear grade |
28 |
|
High nuclear grade |
11 |
|
Not available |
12 |
|
|
|
|
DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ. |
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Teng et al. Breast Cancer Research 2011 13:R35 doi:10.1186/bcr2857 |
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