Table 1.
Composition of the Breast Cancer Reference Set (n=831)
| Sample Type | Screening (PRoBE 1) | Diagnostic (PRoBE 2) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 176 | 1001 |
| Benign w/out atypia | 72 | 159 |
| Benign w/atypia | 11 | 52 |
| Carcinoma in situ | 15 | 40 |
| Invasive Carcinoma | 35 | 1543 |
| Cancer (pre-clinical2) | 17 | 0 |
1
Women with normal mammograms not referred for biopsy collected at the same institutions as the diagnostic samples
2
Women with normal screening mammograms later diagnosed with cancer including DCIS, invasive breast cancer, and cancers of other organs.
3
These numbers are for plasma. There is one more invasive cancer (n=155) that has serum deposited.