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. 2014 Oct 31;87(1044):20140239. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20140239

Table 2.

Demonstrates the breakdown of benign, borderline and malignant phyllodes tumours (PT) into number of lesions, mean and median age at presentation, mean size (mm) at radiology, pre-operative ultrasound (U) score, mammography (M) score, core biopsy (B) score and fine-needle aspiration cytology (C) score

Variable Benign PT Borderline PT Malignant PT p-value
Number of lesions 34 16 4  
Median age (years) (IQR) 28 (21–41) 35 (23–42) 39 (22–49) 0.62
Mean imaging size (mm) 29.1 (13.3) 41.6 (21.2) 33.0 (8.5) 0.06
U score
 U2 0 0 1  
 U3 29 9 2  
 U4 5 6 1  
 U5 0 1 0  
M score (over 35 years)
 M1 1 0 0  
 M2 0 0 0  
 M3 8 3 2  
 M4 2 4 0  
 M5 0 1 0  
Pre-operative B/C score
 B2 8 1 0  
 B3 20 13 3  
 B4 0 0 0  
 B5 0 1 0  
 C2 4 0 0  
 C3 2 1 0  
 C4 0 0 1  

IQR, interquartile range.