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. 2013 Aug 19;13:390. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-390

Table 2.

Tumor characteristics for CNB and OEB results

Characteristic No. (%)
P value
CNB OEB
Pathological type
 
 
0.190
  Invasive ductal carcinoma
260 (87.2)
269 (90.3)
 
  Invasive lobular carcinoma
12 (4.0)
11 (3.7)
 
  Mixed carcinoma
11 (3.7)
3 (1.0)
 
  Others
15 (5.0)
15 (5.0)
 
Histological grading
 
 
0.009
  I
6 (2.0)
4 (1.3)
 
  II
138 (46.3)
151 (50.7)
 
  III
97 (32.6)
114 (38.3)
 
  NA
57 (19.1)
29 (9.7)
 
Estrogen Receptor
 
 
0.294
  Negative
67 (22.5)
78 (26.2)
 
  Positive
231 (77.5)
220 (73.8)
 
Progesterone Receptor
 
 
0.502
  Negative
120 (40.3)
112 (37.6)
 
  Positive
178 (59.7)
186 (62.4)
 
HER2
 
 
0.768
  Negative
233 (78.2)
230 (77.2)
 
  Positive
65 (21.8)
68 (22.8)
 
Ki67 (%, mean)
26.8 (1-90)
29.3 (1-90)
0.046
  <14
112 (37.6)
89 (29.9)
 
  ≥14
186 (62.4)
209 (70.1)
 
Hormonal receptor
 
 
0.386
  Negative
66 (22.1)
75 (25.2)
 
  Positive
232 (77.9)
223 (74.8)
 
Molecular subtype
 
 
0.484*
  Luminal A
97 (32.6)
80 (26.8)
 
  Luminal B
135 (45.4)
143 (48.0)
 
    Luminal B (HER2-)
97 (32.6)
105 (35.2)
 
    Luminal-HER2+
38 (12.8)
38 (12.8)
 
  Triple negative
39 (13.1)
45 (15.1)
 
  HER2 positive 27 (9.1) 30 (10.1)  

Abbreviation: CNB, core needle biopsy; OEB, open excision biopsy; NA, not available;

*: calculated with four subtypes classification.