Table 2. Demographics, tumor characteristics, and treatments of 384 breast cancer patients by satisfaction with cosmetic appearance.
| Satisfaction with Cosmetic Appearance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Satisfied / Satisfied | Not Dissatisfied | Dissatisfied / Very Dissatisfied | ||
| n = 199 (52%) | n = 108 (28%) | n = 77 (20%) | P-value | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Chinese | 134 (46) | 95 (33) | 63 (22) | 0.001 |
| Malay | 51 (72) | 10 (14) | 10 (14) | |
| Indian | 14 (67) | 3 (14) | 4 (19) | |
| Age at diagnosisa | 50 (44–57) | 50 (45–58) | 51 (45–55) | 0.717 |
| Age at time of surveya | 57 (49–64) | 59 (52–64) | 58 (52–63) | 0.330 |
| Time since diagnosisa | 5 (3–9) | 6 (3–9) | 5 (3–9) | 0.289 |
| Recurrenceb | ||||
| Yes | 15 (50) | 8 (27) | 7 (23) | 0.877 |
| No | 184 (52) | 100 (28) | 70 (20) | |
| Tumor stage | ||||
| In situ | 19 (35) | 23 (42) | 13 (24) | 0.021 |
| I/II | 159 (57) | 70 (25) | 52 (19) | |
| III/IV | 19 (43) | 13 (30) | 12 (27) | |
| Unknown | 2 | 2 | 0 (0) | |
| Tumor grade | ||||
| Well differentiated | 28 (51) | 14 (25) | 13 (24) | 0.780 |
| Moderately differentiated | 82 (54) | 39 (26) | 30 (20) | |
| Poorly differentiated | 80 (50) | 50 (31) | 30 (19) | |
| Unknown | 9 (50) | 5 (28) | 4 (22) | |
| Estrogen receptor status | ||||
| Positive | 137 (55) | 64 (26) | 47 (19) | 0.688 |
| Negative | 47 (51) | 28 (30) | 18 (19) | |
| Unknown | 15 (35) | 16 (37) | 12 (28) | |
| Type of surgeryc | ||||
| Breast conserving surgery | 86 (57) | 40 (26) | 25 (17) | 0.286 |
| Mastectomy | 95 (47) | 62 (31) | 44 (22) | |
| Mastectomy with reconstruction | 18 (56) | 6 (19) | 8 (25) | |
| Axillary Clearancec | ||||
| Axillary dissection | 121 (52) | 66 (28) | 47 (20) | 1.000 |
| Sentinel node biopsy only/none | 77 (52) | 42 (28) | 30 (20) | |
| Unknown | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Radiotherapy | ||||
| Yes | 118 (52) | 66 (29) | 44 (19) | 0.874 |
| No | 72 (52) | 37 (27) | 29 (21) | |
| Unknown | 9 (50) | 5 (28) | 4 (22) | |
| (Neo) adjuvant chemotherapy | ||||
| Yes | 94 (53) | 45 (25) | 38 (21) | 0.460 |
| No | 97 (50) | 60 (31) | 36 (19) | |
| Unknown | 8 (57) | 3 (21) | 3 (21) | |
| Hormone therapy | ||||
| Yes | 141 (53) | 72 (27) | 51 (19) | 0.642 |
| No | 51 (48) | 33 (31) | 22 (21) | |
| Unknown | 7 (50) | 3 (21) | 4 (29) | |
a Median (interquartile range).
‘Unknown’ were excluded from statistical testing.
b Fisher’s Exact test was used.
c Not based on treatment at diagnosis but on final treatment received any time before the survey.