Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Mastectomy (n = 116), %	BCT (n = 121), %
Age (median)
≤50	46	47
>50	54	53
Mass side
Left	52	58
Right	48	42
Race
Non-white	5	7
White	95	93
Menopausal status
Pre	49	50
Post	51	50
Quadrant of disease
Outer and central	76	74
Inner	24	26
Positive LN’s
0	58	61
1–3	28	28
4–9	8	4
>10	6	7
Tumor size (cm)
0–2.0	48	43
2.1–4.0	43	50
4.1–5.0	9	7
Estrogen receptor
Negative	11	15
Positive	46	43
Unknown	43	42