Table 2.
Descriptive analysis of clinical and pathological profiles of breast cancer (BCA) patients attending referral hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015–2017.
| Clinicopathological profile of BCA (N = 27) | N (%) | |
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| Family history of BCA | Yes | 7 (25.9) |
| No | 20 (74.1) | |
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| Location of breast cancer | Right breast | 17 (63) |
| Left breast | 10 (37) | |
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| Tumor size | pT1 (0.1–2 cm) | 9 (33.3) |
| pT2 (2–5 cm) | 8 (29.6) | |
| pT3 (>5 cm) | 3 (11.1) | |
| pT4 (extension to the chest wall/skin) | 7 (25.9) | |
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| Nodal status | pN0 | 10 (37.0) |
| pN1 | 12 (44.4) | |
| pN2 | 3 (11.1) | |
| pN3 | 2 (7.4) | |
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| Metastasis | Mx | 2 (7.4) |
| M0 | 23 (85.2) | |
| M1 | 2 (7.4) | |
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| Stage of BCA | 0 | 5 (18.5) |
| I | 4 (14.8) | |
| II | 7 (25.9) | |
| III | 8 (29.6) | |
| IV | 3 (11.1) | |
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| Grading | Low grade (well differentiated) | 9 (33.3) |
| Intermediate grade (moderately–differentiated) | 10 (37.1) | |
| High grade (poorly–differentiated) | 8 (29.6) | |
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| Histology of cancer | Invasive ductal carcinoma | 11 (40.7) |
| Invasive lobular carcinoma | 5 (18.5) | |
| Ductal carcinoma in situ | 8 (29.6) | |
| Lobular carcinoma in situ | 3 (11.1) | |