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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2021 Feb 9;148(12):2906–2914. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33484

Table 2-.

Disease characteristics, treatment and outcomes

Variable N(607) %

Duration of symptoms (months) Mean±S.D 10.10±13.94
Tumour Size (cm) Mean±S.D 10.46±7.76
Breast Ulceration Yes 135 22.2
No 469 77.3
Unknown 3 0.5
Laterality Unilateral 576 94.9
Bilateral 31 5.1
Group Staging 1 7 1.2
2 92 15.2
3 369 60.8
4 123 20.3
Missing 23 3.8
Immunohistochemistry
ER Status
Positive N(131)
53
%
40.5
Negative 78 59.5
PR Status Positive 42 32.1
Negative 89 67.9
HER 2 Status Positive 43 32.8
Negative 88 67.1
Treatment received Chemotherapy 426 70.2
Surgery 303 49.9
Radiotherapy 48 7.9
Traztuzumab 5/43 11.6
Hormonal therapy 39/53 73.6
Recurrence N(303) %
Yes 57 18.8
No 236 77.9
Unknown 10 3.3
Site of Recurrence N(57) %
Contralateral breast 6 10.5
Loco-regional 40 70.6
Distant 11 17.5
Survival N(607) %
Dead 214 35.3
Alive 266 43.8
Unknown 127 20.9