Table 1.

The clinical characteristics of the 16 BC patients.

Patient	Type	Age	Tumor size (cm)	Grade	Nodal status
1	TNBC	40	2.3	3	N
2	TNBC	41	3.2	3	N
3	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	83	5.5	n.d.	P
5	TNBC	50	8	3	N
6	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	39	5	2	P
7	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	45	1.8	1	P
8	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	55	0.6	1	n.d.
9	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	34	2.8	n.a.	P
10	TNBC	65	2.7	3	P
11	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	44	3.2, 1.5, 2.0	2	P
12	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	49	9.5	n.a.	N
13	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}/\mathrm{Her}{2}^{+}$	56	$2.5,1.5$	2	P
14	TNBC	55	2.5	3	N
15	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	49	3	2	N
16	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}$	48	0.9	1	P
17	${\mathrm{ER}}^{+}/\mathrm{Her}{2}^{+}$	23	5	n.a.	N

Note 1: Biopsies from patient 4 were lost during tissue handling. N, negative; P, positive; n.a., not available; n.d., not done.