Table 1.
Patient population characteristics: 100 follow-up patients
| Age, years | |
|---|---|
| <=40 | 1 |
| 41-50 | 19 |
| 51-60 | 31 |
| 61-70 | 33 |
| >=70 | 16 |
| Tissue HER-2 status | |
| Positive | 50 |
| Negative | 50 |
| Tumour size at diagnosis (mm) | |
| T1 | 40 |
| T2 | 52 |
| T3 | 3 |
| T4 | 2 |
| Tx | 3 |
| No. of positive nodes at diagnosis | |
| N1 | 83 |
| N2 | 12 |
| N3 | 0 |
| Nx | 5 |
| Metastases status at diagnosis | |
| M0 | 100 |
| Histological type | |
| Invasive ductal carcinoma | 88 |
| Invasive lobular carcinoma | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Oestrogen receptor status | |
| Positive | 69 |
| Negative | 31 |
| Progesterone receptor status | |
| Positive | 53 |
| Negative | 44 |
| Unknown | 3 |