Table 3.
Summary of index lesion characteristics, type of biopsy, and histopathology prior to study entry in 182 analyzable subjects with known cancer
| Characteristics | Patients, N = 182 (%) |
|---|---|
| Palpable lesion | |
| Yes | 83 (45.6) |
| No | 99 (54.4) |
| Type of biopsy | |
| Core | 167 (91.8) |
| Excisional biopsy | 3 (1.7) |
| Punch/shave | 2 (1.1) |
| Fine-needle aspiration | 5 (2.7) |
| Unknown | 5 (2.7) |
| Biopsy pathology | |
| Invasive disease | 141 (77.5) |
| IDC | 89 (48.9) |
| IDC+DCIS | 21 (11.6) |
| IDC+ILC | 4 (2.2) |
| ILC/ITLC | 22 (12.1) |
| ILC+DCIS | 1 (0.5) |
| Breast cancer (unknown type) | 3 (1.7) |
| Intracystic papillary carcinoma | 1 (0.5) |
| DCIS and Paget’s disease | 41 (22.5) |
| DCIS | 38 (20.9) |
| Paget’s disease | 3 (1.7) |
IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, ITLC invasive tubulolobular carcinoma