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. 2013 Mar 12;8(3):e58706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058706

Table 1. Characteristics of patients and their breast cancers.

Characteristics No. of patients %
Age
<40 16 8.6
40–50 64 39.8
51–70 96 46.2
>70 10 5.4
Histology
ILC 28 15.1
IDC 127 68.3
Medullary 16 8.6
DCIS/LCIS 15 8.1
AJCC Stage
0 14 7.5
1 14 7.5
2 99 53.3
3 59 31.7
Axillary node
0 82 44.6
1–3 44 23.1
>3 60 32.3
Tumor size (cm)
0–0.9 2 1.1
1–1.9 21 10.8
2–2.9 45 23
>3 118 65.1
SBR Score
1 21 11.4
2 60 33.3
3 90 47.3
Estrogen receptor
Positive 94 50.5
Negative 92 49.5
Progesterone receptor
Positive 82 44.1
Negative 104 55.9
CerbB-2
Positive 58 31.2
Negative 128 68.8
PCNA
High(>47) 111 59.7
Low(≤47) 75 40.3
p53
Positive 69 37.1
Negative 117 62.9
Nm23
High 81 43.5
Low 105 56.5

Abbreviations: ILC, Infiltrating lobular carcinoma; IDC, infiltrating ductal carcinoma;

MC, medullary carcinoma; CIS, carcinoma in situ; DCIS/LCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ/

Lobular carcinoma in situ; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer;

SBR, Scarff-Bloom-Richardson.