Table 1.
Tumour- and treatment characteristics at initial diagnosis.
| Characteristic at initial diagnosis | Value |
|---|---|
| Patients (n) | 42 |
| Year of first treatment | |
| Median | 1992 |
| Range | 1968-2002 |
| Age (y) | |
| Range | 30-66 |
| Median | 49 |
| pT-stage (n) | |
| x | 1 |
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 |
| pN-status (n) | |
| axillary lymph node dissection | 41 |
| node-negative | 22 |
| node-positive | 19 |
| unknown | 1 |
| pR-status (n) | |
| R0 | 31 |
| R1 | 7 |
| R2 | 1 |
| Rx | 3 |
| Grading (n) | |
| I | 5 |
| II | 23 |
| III | 9 |
| unknown | 5 |
| Hormone receptor expression (n) | |
| ER-positive | 21 |
| PR-positive | 19 |
| unknown | 3 |
| Surgery of primary breast cancer (n) | |
| Mastectomy | 18 |
| Breast conserving surgery | 24 |
| Radiation treatment of primary breast cancer(n) | |
| Adjuvant total radiation breast/chest wall dose (Gy) | |
| Median | 54 |
| Range | 40-65.4 |
| Lymph node irradiation | 25 |
| Systemic treatment of primary breast cancer (n) | |
| Chemotherapy | 24 |
| Hormonal treatment | 10 |