Table 1. Pre-treatment patient characteristics (n = 43).

Characteristic
Age in years, mean (range)	42.7 (25–62)
Tumour size (longest dimension) at baseline (cm), mean (range)
By clinical examination	9.0 (2–16)
By mammography	7.7 (1.8–15)
By sonography	7.3 (0.6–17)
By MRI	7.6 (2–15)
Histological subtype
Invasive ductal carcinoma	40
Micropapillary carcinoma	3
Her-2/neu status
Negative	29
Overexpression present	14
Oestrogen receptor status
Positive	17
Negative	26
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	18
Positive	25