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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2012 Sep;256(3):428–436. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182654494

Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics (N = 3904 women)

Characteristic
Age, years
    median (min, max) 57 (23, 95)
    ≤ 50, n (%) 1030 (26.4%)
    > 50, n (%) 2874 (73.6%)

Tumor histology, n (%)
    ductal 3094 (79.4%)
    lobular 319 (8.2%)
    both 97 (2.5%)
    other 389 (10.0%)
    missing, n 5

Lymphovascular invasion, n (%)
    absent 3024 (88.4%)
    present 396 (11.6%)
    missing, n 484

Tumor size, cm
    median (min, max) 1.4 (0.0, 19.0)
    ≤ 1.0, n (%) 1597 (43.6%)
    1.1 – 2.0, n (%) 1609 (44.0%)
    > 2.0, n(%) 455 (12.4%)
    missing, n 243

HR status, n (%)
    ER or PR positive 3084 (83.8%)
    both negative 596 (16.2%)
    missing, n 224

Clinical stage, n (%)
    T1 3206 (87.6%)
    T2 447 (12.2%)
    T3 8 (0.2%)
    missing, n 243

Tumor Grade, n (%)
    I 1225 (33.8%)
    II 1479 (40.8%)
    III 918 (25.4%)
    Missing, n 282

HR – hormone receptor; ER – estrogen receptor; PR – progesterone receptor