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. 2013 Oct 30;8(10):e79014. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079014

Table 2. Clinicopathological Characteristics of Triple Negative Breast Cancers (n = 105).

Numbers Percentage (%)
Age (years)
Median/Range 49/28–76
Tumor size
Median/Range 22 mm/5–100 mm
<20 mm/≥20 mm 41/64 39.0/61.0
Histolopathological features
Invasive ductal carcinoma 88 83.8
Medullary carcinoma 5 4.8
Invasive lobular carcinoma 2 1.9
Metaplastic carcinoma 2 1.9
Specialized typesa 8 7.6
T stage
1/2/3/4/ 43/57/2/3/ 41/54.3/1.9/2.9
N stage
01/2/3 65/28/7/5 61.9/26.7/6.7/4.7
Nuclear gradeb
1/2/3 2/28/70 1.9/26.7/66.7
Histologic gradec
I/II/III 7/25/68 6.7/23.8/64.8
Ki67 labeling index
<5% 17 16.2
5% ∼49% 67 63.8
≥50% 21 20
TP53 gene mutations
Missense DBM 11 10.5
Missense non-DBM 5 4.8
Frameshift 8 7.6
Nonsense 7 6.7
Splicing 2 1.9
a

Adenoid cystic carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, invasive cribriform carcinoma, invasive micropapillary carcinoma, invasive tubular carcinoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma and mucinous carcinoma. b,c Five samples did not have a defined histologic grade and nuclear grade.