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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Mar 1;116(5):1234–1242. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24816

Table 4.

Comparison of tumor characteristics by treatment group

Any Treatment
(n=1256)
No Treatment
(n=1068)
p-value
EGFR EGFR+ 22% 14% p < 0.0001
EGFR− 78 86%
Age (years) Median Age 57 65
< 50 years 34% 18% p < 0.0001
≥ 50 years 66% 82%
Tumor Size (cm) > 2 cm 55% 41%
≤ 2 cm 45% 59% p < 0.0001
Positive Nodes > 3 22% 6%
1–3 30% 14% p < 0.0001
0 48% 80%
Tumor Ploidy Aneuploid 53% 45%
Diploid 47% 55% p = 0.0002
S-phase High 31% 22%
Intermediate 21% 19% p < 0.0001
Low 47% 58%
ER Negative 18% 14%
Positive 82% 86% p = 0.0118
PR Negative 42% 41%
Positive 58% 59% p = 0.6068
HER2 Positive 19% 16%
Negative 81% 84% p = 0.0560