Table 1. Clinicopathological characteristics of women with invasive breast cancer.
| Patient Characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Total number of patients | 82 |
| African American women | 48 (T=30; N=18) |
| Caucasian women | 34 (T=17; N=17) |
| Pathology | |
| Invasive carcinoma grade I and DCIS | 3 |
| Invasive carcinoma grade II | 10 |
| Invasive carcinoma grade III | 25 |
| Unknown | 9 |
| Patient Age (years) | |
| All patients | |
| <50 | 10 |
| >50 | 37 |
| African American women | |
| <50 | 7 |
| >50 | 23 |
| Caucasian women | |
| <50 | 3 |
| >50 | 14 |
| ER Status | |
| All patients | |
| TNBC | 18 |
| LABC | 29 |
| African American women | |
| TNBC | 13 |
| LABC | 17 |
| Caucasian women | |
| TNBC | 5 |
| LABC | 12 |
T: tumor; N: Normal adjacent tissue, TNBC= triple-negative breast cancer (ER,PR,HER2_negative); LABC =Luminal A breast cancer (ER and PR-positive and HER-2-negative).