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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Dec 27;149(2):467–477. doi: 10.1007/s10549-014-3251-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants, Shanghai Breast Cancer Study, Phase II

Participant characteristics No. of subjects Percentage 5-yr DFS P
Age, y (N=1,045)
<45 213 20.4 0.81
 45–49 321 30.7 0.88
 50–59 323 30.9 0.82
 ≥ 60 188 18.0 0.83 0.16
Mean ± SD = 51.4 ± 8.3
Menopausal status (N=1,045)
 Pre-menopause 570 54.6 0.84
 Post-menopause 475 45.5 0.84 0.66
Family history of BC (N=1,045)
 No 992 94.9 0.84
 Yes 53 5.1 0.77 0.31
TNM stage (N=1,015)
 0 24 2.4 0.96
 I 324 31.9 0.95
IIa 334 32.9 0.89
IIb 219 21.6 0.76
 III 107 10.5 0.55
 IV 7 0.7 0.29 <0.01
Histological grade (N=1,038)
 I 175 16.9 0.91
 II 528 50.9 0.85
 III 335 32.3 0.78 <0.01
Tumor size (N=981)
<=2 cm 437 44.6 0.91
>2 cm 544 55.5 0.78 <0.01
ER/PR/HER2 status (N=1,045)
 ER Positive 655 62.7 0.86 0.08
 PR Positive 642 61.4 0.86 0.05
 HER2 Positive 313 30.4 0.80 0.12
Molecular type (N=845)
 Luminal A 443 52.4 0.88
 Luminal B 150 17.8 0.83
 HER2 125 14.8 079
Triple negative 127 15.0 0.80 0.07
Cancer therapy received (N=1,044)
 Chemotherapy 986 94.4 0.84 0.14
 Radiotherapy 335 32.1 0.77 <0.01
Tamoxifen 566 54.2 0.86 0.16