Table 1 |
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|
Clinical information on patients in the study |
|
| Characteristic |
n |
|
|
|
| Node status |
|
| Node-negative |
65 |
| Node-positive |
55 |
| Grade |
|
| Grade 1 |
23 |
| Grade 2 |
41 |
| Grade 3 |
56 |
| Histology |
|
| Ductal |
88 |
| Lobular |
14 |
| Other |
|
| Medullary |
2 |
| Tubular |
2 |
| Mucinous |
4 |
| Tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) stage |
|
| TNM Stage 1 |
69 |
| TNM Stage 2 |
40 |
| TNM Stage 3 |
7 |
| TNM Stage 4 |
4 |
| Clinical outcome |
|
| Disease free |
87 |
| With metastasis |
6 |
| With local recurrence |
5 |
| Died of breast cancer |
16 |
| Died of unrelated disease |
6 |
|
|
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|
King et al. Breast Cancer Res 2004 6:R478 doi:10.1186/bcr815 |
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