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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Jun 12;17(11):2933–2939. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-1123-z

Table 1. Cohort characteristics.

Numbers in parentheses are percentages, unless otherwise indicated

n Peripheral Segments: 0 (n=69) 1-6 (n=190)

Age: Mean, Median (Range) 60, 59 (37-91) 60, 61 (30-90)

Method of Detection
 Nonpalpable (n=144) 40 (58.0) 104 (54.7)
 Palpable (n=115) 29 (42.0) 86 (45.3)

Imaging Characteristics
 Calcifications (n=37) 12 (17.0) 25 (13.0)
 Mass (n=173) 50 (72.0) 123 (65.0)
 Asymmetry (n=34) 4 (6.0) 30 (15.0)
 Negative (n=10) 1 (1.0) 9 (5.0)
 Unknown (n=5) 2 (4.0) 3 (2.0)

Primary Tumor Histologic Type
 Invasive ductal carcinoma (n=215) 59 (86.0) 156 (82.0)
 Invasive lobular carcinoma (n=28) 7 (10.0) 21 (11.0)
 Invasive mammary carcinoma (n=16) 3 (4.0) 13 (7.0)