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. 2020 Jun 19;182(3):679–688. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05739-7

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics

Patient characteristics n (%)
Patient demographics 15
 Average age ± SD, years 45.20 ± 7.06
 BMI ± SD, kg/m2 24.80 ± 4.58
 Smoking 0 (0.00)
 Diabetes 0 (0.00)
 Obese 2 (13.33)
 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 3 (20.00)
 Prior radiation 1 (6.67)
Oncologic characteristicsa
 BRCA carrier 1 (6.67)
 PALB2 carrier 0 (0.00)
 PTEN carrier 0 (0.00)
 Negative genetic testing 8 (53.33)
IDCb 8 (42.11)
 Grade 1 2 (25.00)
 Grade 2 2 (25.00)
 Grade 3 4 (50.00)
DCISb 15 (78.95)
 Grade 1 0 (0.00)
 Grade 2 5 (33.33)
 Grade 3 10 (66.67)
T-size
 T1 9 (60.00)
 T2 3 (20.00)
 T3 2 (13.33)
 Unknown 1 (6.67)
Nodal status
 N0 9 (60.00)
 N1 1 (6.67)
 N2 2 (13.33)
 N3 1 (6.67)
 Unknown 2 (13.33)
Sentinel node biopsy 11 (73.33)
Axillary lymph node dissection 3 (20.00)
Procedure laterality
 Unilateral 11 (73.33)
 Bilateral 4 (26.67)
Implant placementb
 Pre-pectoral 11 (57.90)
 Subpectoral 8 (42.10)
Mastectomy type
 Skin-Sparing 4 (26.67)
 Nipple-Sparing 11 (73.33)
Reconstruction stageb
 Single-stage (DTI) 11 (57.90)
 Two-stage (TE) 8 (42.10)

SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, DCIS ductal carcinoma in-situ, DTI direct-to-implant, TE tissue expander

aGiven variability in time interval of pathologic evaluation, oncotype for 4 cases were recorded per core needle biopsy. Additionally, genetic testing results were for 4 patients were unknown given short follow-up duration

bDenotes data presented by breast (n = 19)