Table 1.
Patient and tumor characteristics
Patient characteristics | N = 37 |
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Median age (range) | 64 yrs (42–81) |
Median BMI (range) | 28.3 (19.3–55.1) |
Post-menopausal | 31 (83.8%) |
Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy | |
Aromatase inhibitor** | 28 (75.6%) |
Tamoxifen | 9 (24.4%) |
Surgery | |
Lumpectomy | 26 (70%) |
Mastectomy | 11 (30%) |
Adjuvant therapy | |
Radiation | 24 (65%) |
Chemotherapy | 10 (27%) |
No radiation, no chemotherapy | 3 (8%) |
Node status at surgery | |
pN0 | 30 (81%) |
pN1 | 7 (19%) |
Tumor characteristics | N = 38* |
Median clinical tumor size (range) | 1.3 cm (0.5–7.7) |
Median tumor size at surgery (range) | 1.2 cm (0.09–4) |
Histology | |
Invasive ductal | 26 (68%) |
Invasive lobular | 12 (32%) |
ER/PR status | |
ER+/PR+ | 32 (84%) |
ER+ /PR− | 6 (16%) |
Tumor grade | |
1 | 16 (43.2%) |
2 | 18 (47.4%) |
3 | 4 (10.5%) |
One patient multifocal disease (two HR+ foci with distinct histology)
One patient treated with aromatase inhibitor and GnRH analog