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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Jan 13;17(5):1082–1089. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-2560

Table 1. Patient and Tumor Characteristics.

Characteristic Total BRCA Mutant BRCA Wild Type p-value

N % N % N %
77 100% 15 19.5% 62 80.5% --
Age at Diagnosis
Median 51 (27-83) 45 (27-61) 53 (28-83) 0.0051
Race
Black 18 23.37% 2 13.33% 16 25.81%
Hispanic 8 10.38% 3 20.00% 5 8.06%
White 50 64.93% 10 66.67% 40 64.52%
Other 1 1.29% 0 0.00% 1 1.61% 0.4385
Menopausal Status
Pre-menopausal 29 37.66% 8 53.33% 21 33.87%
Post-menopausal 48 62.33% 7 46.67% 41 66.13% 0.2718
Histology
Ductal 64 83.11% 12 80.00% 52 83.87%
Other 13 16.88% 3 20.00% 10 16.13% 0.7096
Pathological Stage
I and II 47 61.03% 8 53.33% 39 62.90%
III 30 38.96% 7 46.67% 23 37.10% 0.6988
Nuclear Grade
2 5 6.49% 2 13.33% 3 4.84%
3 70 90.90% 13 86.67% 57 91.94% 0.2598
Lymphovascular Invasion
Positive 18 23.37% 3 20.00% 15 24.19%
Negative 57 74.02% 12 80.00% 45 72.58% 1.0
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Anthracycline-based 1 1.3% 1 6.7% 0 0%
Anthracycline/Taxane-based 75 97.4% 13 86.7% 62 100%
None 1 1.3% 1 6.7% 0 0% 0.036
Adjuvant Radiotherapy
Yes 42 54.5% 8 53.3% 34 54.8%
No 35 45.5% 7 64.7% 28 45.2% 0.91
Surgery Type
Breast Conservation 25 32.5% 3 20% 22 35.5%
Mastectomy 52 67.5% 12 80% 40 64.5% 0.36
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy
Yes 10 13% 5 33.3% 5 8.1%
No 67 87% 10 66.7% 57 91.9% 0.02