Table 1.
Patient and tumor characteristics.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity (n = 363) | ||
| Caucasian | 298 | 82 |
| Asian | 65 | 18 |
| Age (n = 363) | ||
| Bellow 40 | 88 | 24 |
| 40–60 | 220 | 61 |
| Above 60 | 55 | 15 |
| Menopausal status (n = 363) | ||
| Premenopausal | 221 | 61 |
| Postmenopausal | 142 | 39 |
| Family history of cancer (n = 349)a | ||
| Breast | 75 | 21 |
| Other gynecologic | 14 | 4 |
| Others | 7 | 2 |
| History of breast cancer (n = 344)a | ||
| Positive | 12 | 3 |
| Negative | 332 | 97 |
| Smoking (n = 298)a | ||
| Yes | 23 | 8 |
| No | 275 | 92 |
| Parity (n = 299)a | ||
| More than 3 | 146 | 49 |
| History of hormone therapy (n = 210)a | ||
| Yes | 92 | 44 |
| No | 118 | 56 |
| Breast feeding (n = 208)a | ||
| Yes | 132 | 63 |
| No | 76 | 37 |
| Laterality of breast cancer (n = 363) | ||
| Right | 191 | 53 |
| Left | 169 | 46 |
| Bilateral | 3 | 1 |
| Localization (n = 363) | ||
| UOQ | 167 | 46 |
| Multicentric | 38 | 10 |
| Histological type (n = 363) | ||
| IDC | 291 | 80 |
| ILC | 13 | 4 |
| Medullary | 35 | 10 |
| Mucinous and tubular | 9 | 2 |
| Others | 12 | 4 |
| Grade (n = 320)a | ||
| I | 33 | 10 |
| II | 105 | 33 |
| III | 182 | 57 |
| T stage (n = 353)a | ||
| T1 | 63 | 18 |
| T2 | 156 | 44 |
| T3 | 43 | 12 |
| T4 | 91 | 26 |
| N stage (n = 353)a | ||
| N0 | 151 | 43 |
| N1 | 85 | 24 |
| N2 | 94 | 27 |
| N3 | 23 | 6 |
| Metastatic at diagnosis (n = 25)b | ||
| Bone | 15 | 60 |
| Lung | 10 | 40 |
| Liver | 8 | 32 |
| Stage (n = 353)a | ||
| I | 49 | 14 |
| II | 148 | 42 |
| III | 131 | 37 |
| IV | 25 | 7 |
| Ki67 (n = 198)a | ||
| Positive | 128 | 65 |
| Negative | 70 | 35 |
| LVI (n = 315)a | ||
| Present | 90 | 29 |
| Absent | 225 | 71 |
| DCIS (n = 301) | ||
| Present | 77 | 26 |
| Absent | 224 | 74 |
Only available data in cohort cases could be analyzed.
Some patients were presented with two or more sites of metastasis.