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. 2007 May 30;9(3):R34. doi: 10.1186/bcr1682

Table 1.

Association between TP53 codon 72 status and clinicopathological characteristics

Total, n (percent) Arg/Arg, n (percent) Arg/Pro, n (percent) Arg/Arg +Arg/Pro, n (percent) Pro/Pro, n (percent) Pa
Patients 557 (100) 63 (11) 281 (51) 344 (62) 213 (38)
Age (median, year) (n = 557) 55 57 56 58
Tumor size (n = 557) 0.16
 ≤ 2 cm 202 (36) 17 (27) 99 (35) 116 (33) 86 (40)
 2 cm to ≤ 5 cm 286 (51) 37 (59) 151 (54) 188 (55) 98 (46)
 >5 cm 57 (10) 6 (9) 28 (10) 34 (10) 23 (11)
 Unknown 12 (2) 3 (5) 3 (1) 6 (2) 6 (3)
Node status (n = 557) >0.99
 Negative 321 (58) 34 (54) 167 (60) 201 (58) 120 (56)
 Positive 198 (35) 25 (40) 99 (35) 124 (36) 74 (35)
 Unknown 38 (7) 4 (6) 15 (5) 19 (6) 19 (9)
Histology (n = 557) 0.98
 IDC 486 (87) 54 (86) 246 (87) 300 (87) 186 (87)
 ILC 20 (4) 2 (3) 10 (4) 12 (4) 8 (4)
 Others 51 (9) 7 (11) 25 (9) 32 (9) 19 (9)
ER status (n = 557) 0.13
 Positive 344 (62) 33 (52) 171 (61) 204 (59) 140 (66)
 Negative 181 (32) 25 (40) 95 (34) 120 (35) 61 (29)
 Unknown 32 (6) 5 (8) 15 (5) 20 (6) 12 (5)
Grade (n = 289) 0.27
 1 71 (24) 3 (9) 48 (32) 51 (28) 20 (19)
 2 147 (51) 21 (62) 67 (45) 89 (48) 59 (56)
 3 54 (19) 8 (23) 28 (19) 36 (19) 18 (17)
 Unknown 17 (6) 2 (6) 7 (4) 9 (5) 8 (8)
p53 IHC (n = 289) >0.99
 Positive 72 (25) 15 (44) 29 (19) 44 (24) 28 (27)
 Negative 196 (68) 19 (56) 108 (72) 127 (69) 69 (66)
 Unknown 21 (7) 0 (0) 13 (9) 13 (7) 8 (7)

aArg/Arg and Arg/Pro genotypes compared with Pro/Pro genotype. ER, estrogen receptor; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; IHC, immunohistochemistry; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma.