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. 2025 May 13;17(5):e84020. doi: 10.7759/cureus.84020

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants according to tumour molecular type.

TN: Triple-negative.

Variables Overall (n = 17) Luminal (n = 9) HER2 (n = 6) TN (n = 2)
Sex, n (%)        
 Female 16 (94) 8 (89) 6 (100) 2 (100)
 Male 1 (6) 1 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Age at diagnosis (years), median (range) 50 (26-72) 50 (26-72) 52 (34-64) 50 (47-53)
Race, n (%)        
 Caucasian 17 (100) 9 (100) 6 (100) 2 (100)
Tumour size, n (%)        
 ≤5 cm (T1 and T2) 10 (59) 5 (56) 4 (67) 1 (50)
 >5 cm (T3 and T4) 7 (41) 4 (44) 2 (33) 1 (50)
Nodal involvement, n (%)        
 N0 4 (24) 3 (33) 1 (17) 0 (0)
 N1-N3 13 (76) 6 (67) 5 (83) 2 (100)
Oestrogen receptor, n (%)        
 Positive ≥1% 11 (65) 9 (100) 2 (33) 0 (0)
 Negative <1% 6 (35) 0 (0) 4 (67) 2 (100)
Progesterone receptor, n (%)        
 Positive ≥1% 10 (59) 8 (89) 2 (33) 0 (0)
 Negative <1% 7 (41) 1 (11) 4 (67) 2 (100)
Ki-67 expression, n (%)        
 High (>20%) 13 (76) 5 (56) 6 (100) 2 (100)
 Low (≤20%) 4 (24) 4 (44) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Type of metastatic disease, n (%)        
 Oligometastatic 12 (71) 7 (78) 3 (50) 2 (100)
 Multimetastatic 5 (29) 2 (22) 3 (50) 0 (0)