Table 2.

Patient characteristic in relation to tumour stage and treatment

Tumour stage	RT + CT group		RT group
	No. patients	WBC (mean + SEM)	No. patients	WBC (mean + SEM)
DCIS III	0	–	2	7.4 + 1.2
T1N0M0	3	8.7 + 1.9	14	7.3 + 0.4
T1N1M0	9	6.6 + 0.5	0	–
T2N0M0	2	7.7 + 0.0	2	7.3
T2N1M0	7	6.5 + 0.4	1	9.5
T3N0M0	0	–	1	6

Absolute number (×10³) (mean ± SEM) of white blood cells before the surgical intervention