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. 2014 Jun 12;111(3):619–622. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.301

Table 1. Patient characteristics.

  IMPC (%) IDC (%) P-value
Age at diagnosis
Mean 61.3 years
Mean 60.5 years
0.11
Ethnicitya
 
 
0.053
 White 494 (79.3) 238 765 (82.2)  
 Black 69 (11.1) 29 933 (10.3)  
 Asian Pacific Islander 59 (9.5) 20 383 (7.0)  
 American Indian 1 (0.2) 1392 (0.5)  
 Unknown
4
1579
 
Oestrogen receptor
 
 
<0.00001
 Positive 501 (84.1) 201 171 (75.1)  
 Negative 95 (15.9) 66 535 (24.9)  
 Unknown
40
30 029
 
Progesterone receptor
 
 
<0.005
 Positive 412 (70.2) 16 8173 (63.9)  
 Negative 175 (29.8) 95 134 (36.1)  
 Unknown
49
34 428
 
Positive lymph nodes
 
 
<0.00001
 None 265 (48.0) 168 696 (65.4)  
 1–3 169 (30.6) 61 132 (23.7)  
 4 or more 118 (21.4) 28 294 (11.0)  
 Unknown
84
39 613
 
Histological grade
 
 
<0.000001
 1 60 (10.0) 51 591 (18.1)  
 2 294 (49.2) 116 332 (40.9)  
 3 244 (40.8) 116 541 (41.0)  
 Unknown
38
13 271
 
Tumour location
 
 
0.06
 Upper outer 192 (35.4) 102 176 (40.5)  
 Upper inner 77 (14.2) 32 111 (12.7)  
 Lower outer 52 (9.6) 20 036 (7.9)  
 Lower inner 41 (7.6) 16 989 (6.7)  
 Multiple 148 (27.3) 62 009 (24.6)  
 Other 32 (5.9) 19 087 (7.6)  
 Unknown
94
45 327
 
TNM classification
 
 
<0.005
 T0 1 (0.2) 118 (0.0)  
 Tis 0 (0.0) 10 (0.0)  
 T1 372 (62.2) 175 346 (64.9)  
 T2 165 (27.6) 76 646 (28.4)  
 T3 42 (7.0) 10 480 (3.9)  
 T4 18 (3.0) 7635 (2.8)  
 Unknown 38 27 500  
 N0 315 (51.4) 184 065 (65.9) <0.00001
 N1 174 (28.4) 65 152 (23.3)  
 N2 59 (9.6) 18 868 (6.8)  
 N3 65 (10.6) 11 303 (4.0)  
 Unknown 23 18 347  
 M0 611 (97.1) 280 482 (96.1) 0.19
 M1 18 (2.9) 11 258 (3.9)  
 Unknown
7
5995
 
Stage
 
 
<0.00001
 I 248 (40.3) 138 668 (49.2)  
 II 242 (39.3) 103 835 (36.8)  
 III 101 (16.4) 27 458 (9.7)  
 IV 25 (4.1) 11 983 (4.3)  
 Unknown
20
15 791
 
Surgery type
 
 
<0.05
 None 34 (5.3) 16 223 (5.5)  
 Breast-conserving surgery 312 (49.1) 160 732 (54.2)  
 Mastectomy 290 (45.6) 119 847 (40.4)  
 Unknown
0
933
 
Radiation
 
 
0.68
 No 343 (53.9) 158 119 (53.1)  
 Yes 293 (46.1) 139 616 (46.9)  

Abbreviations: IDC=invasive ductal carcinoma; IMPC=invasive micropapillary carcinom; TNM, tumour nodes metastases.

a

Includes eight patients that had both IMPC and IDC.