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. 2013 Aug 27;11:213. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-213

Table 1.

Demographics

  Group A (benign breast disease) Group B (breast cancer patients)
Number of patients
 6
 10
Median age (years)
 37 (range, 28–47)
 55 (range, 36–76)
Disease
 Fibroadenoma
 Invasive ductal carcinoma
Disease site
Right breast
 3/6
 8/10
Left breast
 3/6
 2/10
Surgical procedure
WLE
 6/6
 -
WLE + ALND
 -
 5/10
MRM + ALND
 -
 5/10
T stage
T1
 -
 0/10
T2
 -
 5/10
T3
 -
 5/10
N status
N0
 -
 6/10
N1
 -
 3/10
N2
 -
 1/10
Grade
2
 -
 9/10
3
 -
 1/10
Hormonal receptor status
ER+
 -
 10/10
PR+
 -
 10/10
HER2 status
0
 -
 4/10
1
 -
 2/10
2
 -
 4/10
Blood samples PRE, day 3 PRE, day 3, day 7

ALND axillary lymph node dissection, ER estrogen receptors, MRM modified radical mastectomy, PR progesterone receptors, PRE day before surgery, WLE wide local excision.