Table 2 |
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Distributions of tumor size and tumor grade in Recurrence Score categories for all 220 cases and 570 controls |
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| Variable (number of patients) |
Recurrence Score |
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| < 18 (n = 379) |
18–30 (n = 162) |
≥30 (n = 249) |
Correlation1 (P value) |
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| Tumor size (cm) |
0.25 (<0.0001) |
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| ≤1 (n = 242) |
147 |
(61%) |
51 |
(21%) |
44 |
(18%) |
|
| 1.1–2 (n = 348) |
173 |
(50%) |
65 |
(19%) |
110 |
(32%) |
|
| 2.1–4 (n = 186) |
55 |
(30%) |
44 |
(24%) |
87 |
(47%) |
|
| >4 (n = 14) |
4 |
(29%) |
2 |
(14%) |
8 |
(57%) |
|
| Tumor grade pathologist 1 |
0.54 (<0.0001) |
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| Well (n = 200) |
146 |
(73%) |
44 |
(22%) |
10 |
(5%) |
|
| Moderate (n = 353) |
199 |
(56%) |
90 |
(25%) |
64 |
(18%) |
|
| Poor (n = 237) |
34 |
(14%) |
28 |
(12%) |
175 |
(74%) |
|
| Tumor size and grade |
0.42 (<0.0001) |
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| ≤2 cm and well or ≤1 cm and moderate (n = 285) |
204 |
(72%) |
60 |
(21%) |
21 |
(7%) |
|
| >2 cm and well, or 1.1–2 cm and moderate, or ≤2 cm and poor (n = 330) |
143 |
(41%) |
63 |
(19%) |
133 |
(40%) |
|
| >2 cm and moderate/poor (n = 175) |
41 |
(23%) |
39 |
(22%) |
95 |
(54%) |
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1Spearman rank correlation |
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Habel et al. Breast Cancer Research 2006 8:R25 doi:10.1186/bcr1412 |
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