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. 2009 Aug;11(8):771–779. doi: 10.1593/neo.09490

Table 2.

Clinical Details of Patients with Breast Cancer.

Factor All Cancer Patients

n %
n 160 100
Route of diagnosis
Screening 73 46
Symptom 97 54
Family history 50 31
Multifocal disease 18 11
Tumor type
DCIS/LCIS 6 4
IDC 118 74
ILC 19 12
Special type 17 10
Tumor size
T1 (<2 cm) 83 52
T2 (>2 cm, <5 cm) 57 35
T3/T4 (>5 cm, skin, chest) 20 13
Vascular invasion
+ve 37 23
-ve 98 61
Unknown 25 16
Histologic grade
Low 37 23
Moderate 76 48
High 47 29
ER/PR status
ER+ 127 79
ER/PR- 24 15
Unknown 9 6
Nodal status
-ve 86 54
1–3 nodes + ve 39 24
>4 nodes + ve 22 14
Unknown 13 8
Her-2
+ve 16 10
-ve 31 19
Unknown 113 71
Metastatic 9 6

DC indicates invasive ductal carcinoma; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; ER, estrogen receptor; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; LCIS, lobular carcinoma in situ; PR, progesterone receptor.