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. 2020 May 28;22:58. doi: 10.1186/s13058-020-01292-9

Table 2.

Cancer characteristics

Invasive carcinoma (n = 124) DCIS (n = 18)
Lesion type
 Mass 91 (73) 5 (28)
 Non-mass enhancement 31 (25) 13 (72)
 Focus 2 (2) 0 (0)
Lesion size
 Median 19.5 mm 13.5 mm
 1st quartile, 3rd quartile 13 mm, 32.3 mm 9.3 mm, 19.5 mm
Tumor grade of DCIS
 Microinvasive carcinoma NA 3 (17)
 High grade DCIS NA 4 (22)
 Intermediate grade DCIS NA 10 (56)
 Low grade DCIS NA 1 (6)
Tumor grade of invasive carcinoma*
 Grade 1 (well differentiated) 7 (6) NA
 Grade 2 (moderately differentiated) 48 (39) NA
 Grade 3 (poorly differentiated) 56 (45) NA
 Not available 13 (10) NA
Histopathology*
 Invasive ductal carcinoma 98 (79) NA
 Invasive lobular carcinoma 20 (16) NA
 Mixed invasive ductal/lobular carcinoma 6 (5) NA
Molecular subtype*
 Triple negative type (HR−, HER2−) 12 (10) NA
 HER2 type (HR−) (HR−, HER2+) 5 (4) NA
 HER2 type (HR+) (HR+, HER2+) 16 (13) NA
 Luminal type (HR+, HER2−) 91 (73) NA
Lymph node metastasis status*
 Positive 57 (46) NA
 Negative 64 (52) NA
 Not available 3 (2) NA
Oncotype DX recurrence score
 High risk 2 (4) NA
 Intermediate risk 13 (29) NA
 Low risk 30 (67) NA

*Data for invasive carcinomas

Data for 45 invasive carcinomas for which Oncotype DX score was available

DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, NA not applicable