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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 Aug 28;119(3):488–494. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27737

Table 2. Distribution of Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer.

Variable N (%)
Median age, y (range) 46 (24-92)
Progesterone receptor statusa
 Negative 78 (75.7)
 Positive 25 (24.3)
Estrogen receptor statusb
 Negative 76 (73.8)
 Positive 27 (26.2)
HER2 biomarkerc
 Negative 83 (80.6)
 Positive 20 (19.4)
Graded
 1 6 (6.1)
 2 41 (41.4)
 3 52 (52.5)
Subtype
 HER2 and ER and PR 58 (56.3)
 HER2+ and ER and/or PR+/PR 18 (17.5)
 HER2 and ER+ and/or PR+/PR 19 (18.4)
 HER2+ and ER+ and PR+ 8 (7.8)

Abbreviations: ER, estrogen receptor; HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/glioblastoma; PR, progesterone receptor.

a

One patient missing estrogen receptor expression staining.

b

One patient missing progesterone receptor expression staining.

c

One patient missing HER2 staining.

d

Five patients missing tumor grade assessment.