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Characteristics of serum and tissue specimens
| Age | Breast cancer sera (n = 155) |
Control sera (n = 155) |
Breast cancer tissues (n = 40) |
Benign tumor tissues (n = 32)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Stage
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Number | Number | Stage
|
Number | |||||
| I/II | III | IV | I/II | III | IV | |||||
| ≤45 | 30 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 45–54 | 43 | 7 | 24 | 12 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 55–64 | 46 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 65–75 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| ≥75 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
