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. 2008 Jan 14;10(1):R6. doi: 10.1186/bcr1847

Table 1.

Frequencies of conventional prognostic factors and adjuvant treatments in the test set

Factor Division Whole set (313 patients) Subset (227 patients)
n Percentage n Percentage
Age ≤40 34 10.9 25 11.0
>40 279 89.1 202 89.0
Menopausal status Pre 104 33.2 76 33.5
Post 203 64.9 147 64.8
Unknown 6 1.9 4 1.8
Tumor grade 1 5 1.6 4 1.8
2 101 32.3 71 31.3
3 191 61.0 144 63.4
Unknown 16 5.1 8 3.5
Tumor size, cm 0–2 100 31.9 71 31.3
> 2–5 173 55.3 131 57.7
> 5 35 11.2 22 9.7
Unknown 5 1.6 3 1.3
Pathological ER status Negative 72 23.0 54 23.8
Positive 234 74.8 169 74.4
Unknown 7 2.2 4 1.8
Lymphovascular invasion Negative 49 15.7 33 14.5
Positive 244 78.0 184 81.1
Unknown 20 6.4 10 4.4
Percentage of positive nodes 0–50 121 38.7 89 39.2
>50–99.9 142 45.4 95 41.9
100 50 16.0 43 18.9
Number of positive nodes 4–9 235 75.1 175 77.1
≥10 78 24.9 52 22.9
Histology Ductal 279 89.1 210 92.5
Lobular 34 10.9 17 7.5
Adjuvant chemotherapy No 155 49.5 107 47.1
Yes 158 50.5 120 52.9
Adjuvant hormonal therapy No 104 33.2 78 34.4
Yes 209 66.8 149 65.6
Adjuvant radiotherapy No 70 22.4 50 22.0
Yes 243 77.6 177 78.0
Mastectomy No 2 0.6 1 0.4
Complete 217 69.3 154 67.8
Partial 94 30.0 72 31.7

Data are presented for the 313-patient test set cohort, and for the 227-patient subgroup in which expression data were available for each of the eight immunohistochemical biomarkers assessed. Percentages are rounded.