Table 1 Patient characteristics and clinical parameters of breast tissues and cancers.
| Sample characteristics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with cancers | Controls | ||||
| Total specimens | 60 | 34 | |||
| Ductal carcinoma | 38 | ||||
| Lobular carcinoma | 22 | ||||
| Benign tumours | 19 | ||||
| Macromasty | 14 | ||||
| Patient age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Benign | Ductal | Lobular | ||
| Mean (SE) | 53.6 (3.3) | 45.4(3.1) | 62.9 (2.4) | 64.5 (2.7) | |
| Median (range) | 56.5 (33–68) | 43 (20–68) | 61.5 (43–94) | 66 (48–78) | |
| Menopause (%) | 64 | 39 | 87 | 82 | |
| Clinical parameters of breast cancer tissues | Ductal (38) | Lobular (22) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 (19) | G3 (19) | G2 (10) | G3 (12) | ||
| pT | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | |
| pN | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Ki67 | 7.7 (0.9), 4–14 | 14.2 (1.3), 6–21 | 7.2 (1.5), 4–12 | 9.0 (1.9), 3–15 | |
pN, lymph node involvement; pT, tumour size.
The age of patients in each group is given as mean value (SE) with median age (range) for each population. The percentage of postmenopausal patients is indicated in each group. The range is reported for pT and pN; median (SE) frequency of expression with range is shown for Ki67.