Table 2.

Patterns of failure in the IMPC and IDC patients after treatment

Patterns of failure	IMPC (n = 33)	IDC (n = 347)
Recurrence	n (%)	n (%)
Primary recurrence	1 (3 %)	9(2.6 %)
Nodal recurrence	0 (0 %)	2 (0.6 %)
Distant metastasis	n (%)	n (%)
Bone metastasis	0 (0 %)	10 (2.9 %)
Lung metastasis	0 (0 %)	5 (1.4 %)
Liver metastasis	0 (0 %)	2 (0.6 %)
Mediastina metastasis	0 (0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Multiple metastasis	2 (6.1 %)	9 (2.6 %)
Distant metastasis, primary and/or nodal recurrence	1 (3 %)	14 (4 %)

IMPC invasive micropapillary carcinoma, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma