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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Breast Cancer. 2013 Aug;13(4):254–263. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2013.02.010

Table 1.

Baseline Patient Demographic and Clinicopathological Characteristics

Variable Total (n =
164)
Short-Term Treatment
Duration (n = 54)
Intermediate Treatment
Duration (n = 55)
Long-Term Treatment
Duration (n = 55)
P
Follow-Up, Median
(Range), years
5.8 (0.7-
22.1)
4.1 (1.0-16.0) 5.1 (0.7-16.7) 7.0 (2.1-22.1) .001
Age, Median (Range),
years
46.6
(22.0-
83.3)
48.6 (22.0-70.0) 45.8 (29.4-75.3) 47.0 (25.1-83.3) .723
Age Category, n (%) .919
 <50 years 100 (61.0) 32 (59.3) 35 (63.6) 33 (60.0)
 ≥50 years 64 (39.0) 22 (40.7) 20 (36.4) 22 (40.0)
Race/Ethnicity, n (%) .691
 White 142 (86.6) 49 (90.7) 46 (83.6) 47 (85.5)
 Nonwhite 17 (10.4) 4 (7.4) 6 (10.9) 7 (12.7)
 Unknown 5 (3.0) 1 (1.9) 3 (5.5) 1 (1.8)
T Stage, n (%) .127
 T1 60 (36.6) 15 (27.8) 21 (38.2) 24 (43.6)
 T2 52 (31.7) 22 (40.7) 13 (23.6) 17 (30.9)
 T3 8 (4.9) 2 (3.7) 3 (5.5) 3 (5.5)
 T4 22 (13.4) 9 (16.7) 11 (20.0) 2 (3.6)
 Unknown 22 (13.4) 6 (11.1) 7 (12.3) 9 (16.4)
Nodal Status, n (%) .596
 Positive 102 (62.2) 35 (64.8) 32 (58.2) 35 (63.6)
 Negative 45 (27.4) 15 (27.8) 18 (32.7) 12 (21.8)
 Unknown 17 (10.4) 4 (7.4) 5 (9.1) 8 (14.6)
AJCC Stage, n (%) .241
 I 34 (20.7) 8 (14.8) 15 (27.3) 11 (20.0)
 II 50 (30.5) 21 (38.9) 11 (20.0) 18 (32.7)
 III 40 (24.4) 13 (24.1) 17 (30.9) 10 (18.2)
 IV 40 (24.4) 12 (22.2) 12 (21.8) 16 (29.1)
HR, n (%) .136
 Positive 92 (56.1) 25 (46.3) 31 (56.4) 36 (65.5)
 Negative 72 (43.9) 29 (53.7) 24 (43.6) 19 (34.6)
Histologic Grade, n (%) .515
 Low/intermediate 45 (27.4) 18 (33.3) 12 (21.8) 15 (27.3)
 High 102 (62.2) 32 (59.3) 38 (69.1) 32 (58.2)
 Unknown 17 (10.4) 4 (7.4) 5 (9.1) 8 (14.6)
Histology, n (%) .160
 Invasive ductal 130 (79.3) 42 (77.8) 44 (80.0) 44 (80.0)
 Invasive lobular component 22 (13.4) 11 (20.4) 5 (9.1) 6 (10.9)
 Other/unknown 12 (7.3) 1 (1.9) 6 (10.9) 5 (9.1)

Abbreviations: AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging; HR = hormone receptor.