Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of the 144 breast tumour specimens included in this study

	deceased patients	5 year survivors	lack 5 years follow-up	Total
Median age at diagnosis	77	63	75	65
Recurrence free for 5 years
yes	0	102	0	102
no	16	7	1	24
missing	16	2	0	18
Total	32	111	1	144
Type
ductal	26	77	1	104
lobular	4	23	0	27
tubular	1	6	0	7
medullary	1	2	0	3
missing	0	3	0	3
Total	32	111	1	144
Size
median (mm)	27	19	27	20
20 mm and below	11	62	0	73
above 20 mm	21	49	1	71
Total	32	111	1	144
Nodal status
positive	17	38	1	56
negative	10	63	0	73
missing	5	10	0	15
Total	32	111	1	144
Estrogen receptor status
positive	23	101	1	125
negative	9	10	0	19
Total	32	111	1	144
Progesterone receptor status
positive	15	85	0	100
negative	17	26	1	44
Total	32	111	1	144
Her2 status
positive	7	6	0	13
negative	22	101	0	123
missing	3	4	1	8
Total	32	111	1	144